Peaches. 
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Bust Reaches for West Florida to Texas. 
It I wanted to set out ten acres in Peaches now, I would put in two acres Jessie Kerr, two acres Alex¬ 
ander, two acres General Lee, and four acres Elberta. As a money producer, there is no Peach so far tried 
in West I- lorida equal to the Elberta ; it ripens July 5 to 20. The earlier varieties occasionally bring fancy 
prices, but none of them have the quantity and quality of the Elberta, and it can be got to the most distant 
market in good condition, There may be other varieties, even of the oldest, that are as good, or even better 
than those mentioned, but these I have found by experience to be good." We quote the above from one of 
the most successful orchardists of West Florida. 
It is impossible to consider here the merits of the varieties which are grown most successfully in the vast 
region along the Gulf from Florida to Texas, much less to specify those especially adapted to particular 
localities. Such a list would include the late bloomers of the Peen-to type, Angel and Waldo ; a number of 
the Honey family, notably Imperial, Early Cream and our five new varieties ; the matchless Elberta. General 
Lee, and perhaps others of Northern Chinese derivation ; most, if not all, of the Spanish race of Florida or 
Texas origin, and a few Persians like Alexander and Jessie Kerr. For further information under this head, 
see the “ List to Aid Selection," which follows. 
LIST TO AID SELECTION. 
The carefully compiled lists below will be found to contain more complete information than it was 
possible to give in the foregoing necessarily restricted comments on “Selecting Varieties." This classifica¬ 
tion of varieties, showing their relative adaptability and value for market in different sections, has been 
arranged to give purchasers an approximate guide in selecting. Each of these lists covers a wide range of 
territory, and it is obviously impossible to make it wholly applicable to every section. It has been compiled 
after many years of somewhat extensive planting, experimenting, research and observation, and, while 
allowance must be made for peculiar local conditions in using it, we are confident that as a general guide it 
will be found helpful. 
With the exception of the varieties marked “new,” all the varieties listed below have been largely 
planted and thoroughly tested. In rating the “new" varieties, we have been guided by the parentage and 
habit of the tree, by the results obtained in our own orchards, and the promise they have given in other sections. 
In printing these lists, we have used three different kinds of type to represent the comparative value of 
the different kinds for the respective regions. The varieties best adapted to a particular region and most 
valuable for market are printed in black capitals, thus: “ ANGEL. ” Varieties next in order of merit are 
printed in black-face lower case type, thus: “ Climax. ” Other varieties recommended are printed in 
plain lower-case type, thus: “Globe." 
List A. 
Varieties best adapted 
ANGEL, 
to South Florida. 
Early Cream, 
Japan Dwarf Blood, 
Reeves’ Mammoth, 
BIDWELL’S EARLY, 
FERDINAND (New\ 
La Magnifique, 
SANGMEL (New), 
BIDWELL’S LATE, 
Florida Crawford, 
La Reine, 
FABER (New). 
Cabler's Indian, 
Florida Gem, 
Maggie, 
TRIANA (New), 
Climax, 
Gibbons’ October, 
PEEN-TO, 
Victoria, 
COLON (New), 
Honey, 
Powers’ September, 
WALDO, 
Countess, 
Imperial, 
Red Ceylon, 
Yum Yum. 
List B. 
, Varieties best adapted to Central and Northeastern Florida, otherwise described as that section of Florida 
running back some distance each way from an imaginary line drawn diagonally across the state from Cedar 
Keys to Jacksonville. 
ANGEL, 
FERDINAND (New), 
La Reine, 
SANGMEL (New), 
Bid well’s Early, 
Florida Crawford, 
Maggie, 
TABER (New), 
BIDWELL’S LATE, 
Florida Gem. 
Onderdonk, 
Thurber. 
Cabler’s Indian, 
Gibbons October, 
Pallas, 
TRIANA (New), 
Climax, 
HONEY, 
Peen-to, 
Victoria, 
COLON (New), 
IMPERIAL, 
Powers’ September, 
WALDO, 
Countess, 
japan Dwarf Blood, 
Reeves’ Mammoth, 
Yum Yum. 
EARLY CREAM, 
La Magnifique, 
REFERENCES BY PERMISSION. 
First National Bank, Jacksonville, Fla. 
Stephen Powers, Editor Farmer and Fruit Grower , Jacksonville. Fla. 
Prof. A. H. Curtis, Horticultural Editor Times-Union, Jacksonville, Fla. 
Dudley W. Adams, President Florida Horticultural Society, Tangerine, Fla. 
Rev. Lvmati Phelps, Sanford, Fla.* 
E. O. Painter, Editor Florida Agriculturist , De Land, Fla. 
