GREENING’S PEACHES 
If the apple is the King of fruits, then most assuredly the peach 
is the Queen. In appearance, no other fruit is so tempting. If all 
the references and comparisons to its beauty were compiled they 
would fill a large volume. It is a popular fruit the world over and, 
next to the apple, has the widest variety of uses. 
To those who are of the opinion that the peach is a short lived, 
tender tree, we are pleased to state that it is now grown successfully 
in almost every state of the Union. Of course good judgment must 
be exercised as to the varieties chosen for a given section of the 
country; bearing in mind soil, climate and other conditions. Upon 
these points we have ample information that is at your command 
without charge. 
We are the largest growers of peach trees in the country, as our 
locality is considered the finest to be found throughout the United 
States for the growing of peach trees. Let us summarize for you a 
few of the good points of a peach orchard. 
The quickest of all orchard trees to bear profitable crops, as they 
come into bearing in three years. 
More trees can be planted to the acre than permanent varieties of 
apples. 
Peaches may be used as fillers in apple orchards until the apples 
come into bearing. 
During the last three years many peach orchards have been neg¬ 
lected resulting in a scarcity of healthy, vigorous, bearing trees at 
the present time, with an increasing demand for the fruit, according 
to the best authorities. 
The yield per acre often exceeds 300 bushels during a favorable 
season. 
Red Suture as well as other virus diseases, is evident in many 
peach orchards of this country. As a result thousands of trees that 
were in full bearing have been cut out of orchards. By our Bud 
Selection method we can assure our customers of receiving peach 
trees free from virus diseases. 
In the descriptions to follow, the name in parentheses immediately 
following the variety name, is the name of the orchard from which 
buds were taken from the parent tree for the propagation of these 
trees. 
VARIETIES 
ARP BEAUTY. (South Haven Experiment Station). The Arp 
Beauty peach was originated by G. P. Orr, Arp, Texas, about 1897. 
The variety has been tested in a number of Experiment Stations, 
including Michigan where it ranks as the earliest good yellow 
peach. The fruit is semi-cling and medium to large in size. The 
color is bright, attractive red and yellow. The flesh is clear yellow 
in color, fine grained and firm for an early peach. Time of ripen¬ 
ing is one week before Admiral Dewey or five or six weeks before 
Elberta. The quality is good, especially for slicing and the variety 
is recommended for roadside stand, local and truck trade. Trees 
are hardy and very productive when inter-planted. Blossoms are 
self-fertile. 
BANNER. (Leisering). Introduced by us in 1899 and still remains 
the greatest peach in its season. Originated at Woodslee, Ontario, 
Canada. Fruit large, round and very handsome. Tree very hardy 
and an early and abundant bearer, and a strong vigorous grower. 
Color deep yellow with a rich crimson bloom. Flesh golden yellow 
from pit to skin. Pit small and perfectly free. Its shipping qual¬ 
ities are unsurpassed. Season of ripening ten days after Elberta. 
It is very hardy and dependable but should be fertilized, pruned 
and thinned. An excellent commercial variety and a big money¬ 
maker when other varieties do not bear. Has won ten first pre¬ 
miums at Canadian Agricultural Fairs. Unsurpassed in richness of 
flavor. 
BELLE OF GEORGIA. Very large, skin white with red cheek, 
flesh white, firm and of excellent flavor. Tree a rapid grower, very 
prolific. Ripens with Early Crawford. 
CARMAN. (South Haven Experiment Station). Large, resembling 
Elberta in shape. Color, creamy white with deep blush. Skin very 
tough, flesh tender, fine flavor and quite juicy. One of the hardiest 
in bud, quality very good. Ripens just before Champion. Very 
nearly free-stone. 
CHAMPION. (Warner #1). A white-fleshed peach, verv excellent 
in quality; attractive fruit; large. Creamy white, tender flesh, 
very pleasant flavor, having a peculiar honey taste. Stone semi- 
free to free. Ripens with St. John; three weeks before Elberta. 
DEWEY. (Ninke #5). This selection represents a very high stand¬ 
ard for the variety. Perhaps the best commercial variety of any 
of the very early ones. Fruit medium size, round oblate in shape. 
Color deep orange, blushed with dark red—(very pubescent). 
Yellow, tender, juicy, flesh melting, sweet but sprightly and good 
in quality. Stone semi-free to free. Valuable for early market. 
EARLY CRAWFORD (Spencer). A wonderful peach, for the 
home orchard because of its high quality and very beautiful ap¬ 
pearance. A yellow free-stone peach, very large, golden yellow 
blushed with dark red. Ripens two weeks ahead of Elberta. 
EARLY ELBERTA (Wahlers). Ripens about a week earlier than 
Elberta; otherwise the same. Quality of fruit somewhat better. 
ELBERTA (Barden #2). This is the aristocrat of Elbertas and 
you will agree when you see the beauty and perfection of this 
peach. It is a true Elberta; prolific of yield and ideally suitable 
for shipping, but it has far better color than its predecessor and, 
through Bud Selection, we have reduced variation in the yield to 
a minimum. This parent tree at ten years of age measured 30 feet 
across; it produces from six to ten bushels of large size Elbertas 
each year and is absolutely free from peach disease. This strain 
is the last word in high type Elbertas and should be planted in 
preference to all others. The fruit is very large, color orange yellow, 
over-spread with red. Flesh yellow, stained with red near the pit, 
juicy, firm but tender, sweet or sub-acid, mild. Stone-free. Period 
of ripening varies with season. September 10th to 20th. 
FERTILE HALE (La Duke) 
This new Greening introduction, as the name implies, is a Hale 
which is self fertile thereby does not require cross pollination. 
Fruit growers everywhere have been asking for a Hale peach 
that would produce profitable crops. Greenings again answered 
the call by producing through Bud Selection, a Fertile Hale 
peach which will produce full crops of beautiful large Hales, 
entirely free from the so-called “buttons” so prevalent in crops 
of J. H. Hale. The trees are far more vigorous and hardier 
in bud than J. H. Hale. The fruit matures from three to seven 
days after J. H. Hale. Test trees of Fertile Hale at the Michi¬ 
gan State Experiment Station, came through again this year with 
a full crop, when J. H. Hale and Elberta had a crop failure, 
which again proves the extreme hardiness for this remarkable 
new variety. Color yellow, with deep carmine blush. Good 
shipper. A handsome peach and a splendid market variety. 
This variety should by all means be included in every orchard 
planting. 
FITZGERALD (Overhiser). An improvement over the Early 
Crawford in that it is hardier and more productive. In size, color 
and quality, the fruit is almost identical with that variety. Excel¬ 
lent quality. Stone free. If a fruit grower wishes to grow a Craw¬ 
ford type of peach in his orchard, we recommend this variety for 
the commercial use. Ripens with Early Crawford, two weeks 
before Elberta. 
GOLD DROP (Goodrich). Remarkably productive and hardy. 
This tree bears so heavily that the fruit will average small unless 
the tree be heavily pruned, thinned of the young fruit and fertil¬ 
ized. This tends to throw more vitality into the remaining fruit. 
Many of our leading commercial varieties have a tendency to over¬ 
bear, which is really an asset and not a serious fault. Medium in 
size, rounding oval with unequal halves, bulged at one side. Cavity 
deep and abrupt. Pleasantly and sprightly flavored, excellent in 
quality. Free-stone. Gold Drop should be in every commercial 
as well as home orchard. Ripens one week after Elberta. 
GOLDEN JUBILEE. Of the many new peaches originated by the 
New Jersey Experiment Station, none have aroused the interest 
of fruit growers, as has the Golden Jubilee. It is a large early 
yellow peach of the Elberta type and is an extremely popular early 
yellow peach. It ripens a few days before Carman and resembles 
Elberta in tree habits and fruit. The skin is yellow blushed with 
red, flesh yellow, juicy, tender, sweet, free-stone. 
HALEHAVEN 
This marvelous new peach was introduced through the efforts 
of the Michigan State Experiment Station, South Haven, Michi¬ 
gan. (Mr. Stanley Johnson, Supt.) It is a cross between the 
famous varieties, South Haven and J. H. Hale. A large beauti¬ 
fully colored, yellow fleshed peach, ripening approximately two 
weeks before Elberta. A perfect freestone, strong thrifty grower, 
splendid shipper and an extremely hardy heavy bearer of ex¬ 
ceptionally fine flavor. The Halehaven has extremely high color 
and colors highly on the trees several days before it is ripe, 
thereby permitting picking while rather green, for distant ship¬ 
ments. Test trees of the Halehaven produced full crops this 
year at the Experiment Station when crops of many other stand¬ 
ard varieties were a failure due to low temperatures last winter. 
This variety will make you big money and should be included in 
every planting. 
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