1910. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
823 
Ruralisms 
SEEDLING PEACHES FROM TEXAS. 
Mr. J. W. Stubenrauch of Texas gave the 
Carman peach to the public and lias “orig¬ 
inated” several other excellent varieties. 
He is constantly at work testing new seed¬ 
lings, and is sending us samples of the 
more promising. He gives the following 
notes on some of these newer sorts: 
Figs. 354 and 355, page 819, show two 
new peaches, Mamie Ross and Elberta 
crosses. One is a cling, the other a free¬ 
stone. Both have the large bloom of 
Mamie Ross, and in time of ripening 
they come exactly between the parents. 
Mamie Ross (a seedling of Chinese 
Cling) is a large cling, ripening with 
Carman, and before we had Carman it 
was our best early peach for market. 
Now our last Carmans went off about 
July C, and some of those seedlings have 
given us ripe peaches ever since. The 
bulk of the crop from the trees of which 
I send you samples were gone and our 
Elbertas were just coming in July 16. 
Being located here on the open prairie 
on somewhat tight land, we are fully 10 
days behind the sandy land of East 
Texas in periods of ripening with our 
peaches. Thus eastern Texas had El¬ 
bertas on market 10 days earlier than 
ours. I have several more seedlings of 
this same parentage, both free and cling, 
that were several days earlier than the 
two shown in Figs. 354 and 355. These 
tree have borne several satisfactory crops 
and are evidently promising. All of our 
trees are bearing well this year. I dis¬ 
covered another new one July 18. It is 
of same parentage as the last; seed from 
Elberta pollinated by Mamie Ross. This 
peach comes nearer being a cling and yet 
being perfectly free than any peach I 
know off. No one can complain about 
it not having color enough. Its tough, 
leathery skin ought to make it an ideal 
shipper, as well as preventing birds and 
bees from bothering it. The tree is bear¬ 
ing its first crop this season, some being 
ripe July 10. This would put it quite 
some in advance of Elberta as regards 
time of ripening, which ought to give it 
value as a general market peach, pro¬ 
vided it behaves satisfactorily in the 
future. I shall multiply it for my own 
planting and give it a thorough test be¬ 
fore it will be recommended, however. 
Another new seedling came in as El¬ 
berta was beginning to go out. It ap¬ 
pears to be a reproduction of Queen, 
only that it seems very prolific, while 
Queen is a shy bearer. It has a good 
deal of the red mottling of flesh found 
in both Carman and Queen. This is 
peculiar, especially since some of its sis¬ 
ters are a light yellow, both flesh and 
skin, with very little red. Indeed, 
nature is a wonderful work shop. For 
the sake of comparison on the spot, at 
the same time I planted those seedlings 
I also set out a few Elberta trees along¬ 
side of them, the latter being the standard 
by which I aimed to judge as to time 
of ripening, quality, etc.; not believing 
in fakes of any kind, I want to be sure 
as to what I am doing. No “Wonder- 
berry” things for me. 
I forwarded to you July 29 another in¬ 
voice of my seedling peaches. On one 
side of bo;c are clings, two kinds. The 
one with most color and a little smaller 
is from tree that has never as yet failed 
to bear well even while all others failed. 
The other also comes from a fine tree. 
They are both Elberta X Belle cross. Of 
freestones there are three kinds. First 
on top are five of a very distinct type, 
a fine yellow, good color, much red in 
flesh and small seeds. This is now be¬ 
ginning to ripen and looks to me promis¬ 
ing. The next lot from top is about five 
days behind Elberta, fine color, but rather 
acid; tree a good bearer. Those first put 
in at bottom three in a bunch are yet 
some members of what I said seemed to 
resemble Queen, only more prolific. My 
folks here think well of this peach. The 
young tree is a fine grower. Elbertas 
now all gone; our home markets are 
bare of fruit, and I am getting readily 
$1 per bushel for fruit of which I send 
you samples. At the height of the El¬ 
berta season peaches almost went beg¬ 
ging. J. W. STUBENRAUCH. 
R. N.-Y.—The freestone peaches re¬ 
ferred to in latter paragraph did not 
travel as well as the clings, those at the 
bottom being too far gone to judge of 
quality. Tire top layer was in better 
condition; a very handsome peach of rich 
flavor and beautiful color. We think it 
has great promise. The clings were of 
high quality and fine appearance. Sev¬ 
eral of those who tested these peaches 
remarked especially upon the small pits 
and thick meaty flesh, which made them 
very profitable for cutting up. We were 
very much pleased with the peaches pic¬ 
tured in Figs. 354 and 355, and think Mr. 
Stubenrauch extremely conservative in 
his estimate of them. 
GRASS AND POTATOES,. 
The potato sh<?wn at Fig. 357 was 
grown on Long Island. A spear of nut 
grass had grown straight through it— 
the roots being at one side and the stem 
POTATO SPEARED BY GRASS. Fig. 357. 
at the other. It was sent us as a “freak” 
or novelty, but such things are not un¬ 
common. Every year such potatoes are 
observed and others which take curious 
shapes by growing into loops of wire or 
between stones. 
Visitor (in Michigan fruit belt) : 
“Uncle Zeke, how is your berry crop this 
season?” Uncle Zeke: “I’m thankful 
to say it’s purty fair. I’ve got enough 
to feed the insects, the birds, and the 
boarders, and still leave a little profit for 
the fruit transportation companies.”— 
Chicago Tribune. 
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