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Now, as far as varieties are concern^G!, 
there are four or five varieties that do well 
and are a good market kind. Perhaps 
the one entitled toi first place is the Jewel. 
That is planted more largely, perhaps-, 
than all others combined. Following that 
is the Waldo. Those two' peaches are 
very similar; in fact I doubt if you could 
tell much, if any, difference either in size, 
ciuality or appearance, except that the 
Jewel is a trifle larger and is alsoi from ten 
days to two weeks earlier. This is one of 
the earliest varieties we have, making it 
on that account a desirable market variety. 
It is also a free stone. 
Then come the varieties of the Bidwell- 
Peento type; Bidwell Early, Maggie, Su- 
ber and) Yum Yum, which are very similar 
in appearance, character and tree growth 
and time of ripening, being right along 
with the Jewel. These are cling stones. 
The Peento and Honey types are far 
preferable, in fact, the only ones that give 
us our market peaches. Those of mixed 
strain like the Jewel and Waldo, also seem 
to be preferable. The Peento seems tO' be 
a more vigorous grower, making a longer 
lived tree than the honey. They are on a 
par with our native seedling trees in 
vigor. 
As far as pears go, I dO' not think that I 
have anything new to- say. Pear growing 
is all right if 3^011 can keep out the blight, 
but I do not know of any remedy or any 
preventive. About the best thing seems 
to be non-cultivation. The two varieties 
grown most generally are the LeConte 
and the Keiffer. 
As far as plums are concerned, there is 
a general opinion that they do- not do well 
in Floridla; but this is a mistake for there 
are several varieties of plums that do well. 
The Excelsior was the original one intro¬ 
duced some twelve years ago. This is a 
cross between some variety of the Japan¬ 
ese type and the Southern Chicksaw type 
and bears very well. There is also the 
Terrell plum. This is very similar to the 
Excelsior; a trifle larger and I think of 
a little better flavor. Then there is a yel¬ 
low variety, the Queen; also the Howe, 
very similar to Excelsior ; and a new va¬ 
riety called Miller, which is later than any 
of the others, but which is one that I think 
will succeed very w-ell in Elorida. The 
Excelsior has been tried and proven very 
satisfactory. TEe others are comparative¬ 
ly new, but being similar in tree growth 
and of the same type, I think they will do 
well throughout the whole state. 
Mr. Hampton—What about the Rival 
peach ? 
Mr. Erink—I am not .so well acquainted 
with that. I unGlerstand it is very similar 
to the Hall’s Yello-w. Hall’s Yellow has 
not been a success commercially. It was 
planted a good deal a few years ago, but 
for some reason or other it has not made 
a demand. The demand for that class of 
peaches has fallen o-ff very considerably. 
At one time we could not furnish near 
enough trees to supply the demand, but 
now we have to be careful not to over¬ 
stock ourselves. 
Mr. Gibbs—What is the matter with 
the Dorothy, or the Angel ? 
Mr. Frink—^The Dorothy is good, but 
for market purposes I think it is a little too 
late. The Angel peach is a good peach, 
and a pretty one— d. little acid for some 
tastes, and perhaps' a little late for the 
best market. It comes a little too near the 
season of the Georgia peaeh. 
Mr. Gibbs—^What time would you 
think an early peach would begin to ripen? 
Mr. Frink—That is a little hard to 
