Peach 
Trees 
ITHER in the home garden or in the com¬ 
mercial orchard you will find that peach 
trees will be a very profitable asset. If for the 
home garden be 
sure that you get 
a good assortment 
so that you will 
have peaches from 
late July until Oc¬ 
tober with various 
good varieties for 
canning. 
ADMIRAL DEWEY. The peaches are yellow 
and classed as a freestone of only medium 
size, but is valuable for the fact that it 
ripens in July. 
BELL OF GEORGIA. Very large; white with 
red cheek; firm; of excellent quality and 
flavor; tree very thrifty and productive. 
August. 
CARMAN. Quite large; creamy white and 
deep blush; tree hardy in bud. August. 
CHAMPION. Is rightly used as the standard 
to gauge the quality of all other white 
fleshed peaches. Large; white with red cheek; 
sweet; rich, juicy, hardy and productive. 
Follows Carman in August. 
CRAWFORD’S EARLY. A fine old variety; 
very large, yellow, rich and juicy. Last of 
August. 
CRAWFORD’S LATE. Large, yellow, sweet; 
rich. September. 
EARLY ELBERTA. Large; yellow with red 
cheek; fine quality; ripens ten days earlier 
than Elberta. 
ELBERTA. Very large; yellow with red 
cheek; good shipper; succeeds everywhere. 
September. 
GOLD DROP. Medium size; yellow, tree is 
hardy and bears young. Last September. 
■J. H. HALE. Large yellow of good quality 
and good shipper, ripens just before Elberta. 
GOLDEN JUBILEE. A large early yellow 
peach of the Elberta type. Ripens three weeks 
earlier than Elberta. The skin is yellow 
blushed with red, flesh yellow, juicy, tender, 
sweet, and is a free stone. 
HALE HAVEN. A large new yellow free¬ 
stone; developed at the Michigan Experi¬ 
ment Station by crossing the two popular 
varieties, J. H. Hale and South Haven. Its 
high color before complete ripening gives it 
a great market value because of the advan¬ 
tage of premature picking' packing, and 
shipping without loss. It rates very high for 
hardiness and production and is a splendid, 
profitable variety. It ripens about two weeks 
before Elberta. 
Elberta Peach 
HEATH CLING. Large, creamy white with 
faint blush; good quality, valuable for pre¬ 
serving and canning. October. 
LEMON FREE. Large; resembles a lemon 
in shape and color; immensely productive of 
excellent quality for canning. Last of Sep¬ 
tember. 
PROLIFIC. A fine yellow peach; hardy, pro¬ 
ductive; ripens just before Elberta. 
ROCHESTER. A fine peach of good size, 
bears young and a good cropper. Ripens 
about August 10th. 
SHIPPERS LATE RED. The tree is hardy; 
comes into bearing early and annually. The 
fruit is as large or larger than Elberta; 
yellow; coloring nearly red all over; of 
good quality; free stone; good flavor, sweet 
and juicy. Shippers Late Red hangs well on 
the tree a week to ten days after ripe, which 
is an outstanding feature in case of bad 
weather or market conditions; making it a 
very favorable market sort. Last of Sep¬ 
tember. 
SOUTH HAVEN. Another successful intro¬ 
duction, better than average size, globular, 
prolific, a good cropper. The meat is yel¬ 
low, juicy and very sweet; the skin is an 
attractive ripe yellow with one blotch of 
red. September first. 
SALWAY. Large; yellow, firm, rich and 
juicy. Very late October. 
SALBERTA. A highly successful cross be¬ 
tween Salway and Elberta and conserving 
the size and quality of Elberta and the late¬ 
ness of Salway, making it a truly wonderful 
peach. Late September. 
WILMA. Fruit is as large as Elberta, colors 
very much better, and ripens about ten days 
later. Its more attractive color outsells El¬ 
berta. Also known as the Late Elberta. 
YELLOW ST. JOHN. A fine early, yellow 
freestone peach with red cheek; good bearer. 
August. 
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