Descriptive Catalogue 
Mil PRICES OP ALL TREES SEE PRICE LIST IS RACK OP CAT,II,OGRE. 
PEACHES. 
YUITHIN the past few years the culture of this line fruit has assumed large propor¬ 
tions in the South, and wherever careful attention has been paid to the selec¬ 
tion of proper varieties, the peach growing industry has proven very profitable. 
We have for many years been making peaches a specialty, both in nursery and 
in our own orchards, and have probably tested a larger number of varieties than 
any other grower in the South, and confidently believe that we have now the most 
valuable collection of peaches ever grown in A merica, of varieties adapted to Florida 
and the Gulf Coast region. We have not only tested the named varieties, but have 
planted and fruited several acres of seedlings (from selected seed of particular strains) 
with the hope of making still other valuable additions to the already tine list, and 
in this we are glad to state that w r e have been even more successful than we antici¬ 
pated. Although we grow peach trees of all the most prominent varieties and can 
furnish varieties adapted to every peach growing section of the United States, yet 
it should be understood that not all of these varieties are adapted to any one sec¬ 
tion, and in order to assist our patrons to a proper selection of varieties for their 
own locality, we have made a classification of the varieties best adapted to the 
different sections (see pages 21 and 22), which we trust will aid them to an intelli¬ 
gent selection. 
6-^° We wish to call particular attention to the care that should be exercised 
at this time, against purchasing peach trees from sections that are affected with 
either the Peach Yellows or Peach Itosette, as special investigations of these two dis¬ 
eases recently made by the U. S. Department of Agriculture (and on which a sixty- 
five page bulletin has been issued), shows these diseases to-be virulently contagious, 
and that buds inserted from diseased trees will develop the disease in the stocks in 
which they arc inserted. In view of the fact that no case of either of these diseases 
has ever been known in Florida (as corroborated by the above mentioned bulletin), 
it is of particular importance to every grower thtri no importation from either in¬ 
fected or doubtful localities should be made. In this connection we wish to say 
that the peach stocks upon which our varieties are budded are all raised by our¬ 
selves from Flmida native seed , and every peach tree offered for sale from these 
nurseries is, therefore, strictly home groom , both root and top. 
The time at which the different varieties ripen, is based upon this lati¬ 
tude (North Florida); due allowance in this respect must be made for points 
either North or South. 
Angel. —This fine peach is a seedling from the Peen-to, originated near 
Waldo in this State, and first introduced by us three years ago. We take great 
pleasure in being able to state that it is proving all that was then claimed for it, as 
numerous growers throughout the State have abundantly testified. Some of the 
important characteristics of this variety are as follows: It is a very large peach 
(see cut); skin yellow,, highly washed with red; exceedingly handsome; the flesh is 
white, melting, juicy, mild sub-acid, of exquisite flavor, and entirely devoid of the 
