PEACHES 
The peach is of growing economic importance in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and surrounding 
states the climate being well adapted to vigorous growth and productiveness. As a market fruit 
or for home consumption the peach has no superior. The first group of varieties listed are most 
important in this section. The second group contains kinds desirable for special reasons. 
LEADING VARIETIES 
BILLMEYER. Our own introduction. A very large 
yellow freestone peach, ripening after Early Crawford. 
Very dark red flush and very small pit. Exceptionally 
good shipper. This variety is rising in commercial 
importance. 
CHAMPION. Fifteen days before Elberta. White 
with red center, semi-free to free. Medium size, very 
tine quality, honey sweet. Skin cream-white with dark 
red blush. Tree very productive, large and vigorous. 
EARLY ELBERTA. Three days before Elberta. 
Yellow, freestone, very large, good quality. Tree strong 
grower with a tendency to thin itself. 
ELBERTA. The most widely planted and most 
popular market peach. Very adaptable to different soils 
and climates. Trees always bear well, are very resistant 
to disease; are large, vigorous, early bearing, and long 
lived. Fruit is well flavored, yellow fleshed, freestone, 
very large and good quality. It is an especially long 
keeping and good shipping fruit. 
J. H. HALE. F ive days before Elberta. One of the 
' xrgest peaches, yellow, freestone, and very good 
quality. Elberta’s strongest competitor. Slightly better 
quality, same beautiful coloring, larger, a better shipper 
and keeper. Like Elberta in other characteristics. 
LOCKWOOD. Three weeks before Early Crawford. 
Very earliest of yellow freestone peaches. Large and 
handsome. Excellent flavor, fine for fancy market. 
Tree hardy, large, and very productive. This peach is 
of our own introduction and of very fast growing 
popularity. 
MIKADO. Is the genuine June Elberta. it is 
an early yellow fleshed peach, the fruit is large, hand¬ 
some and blushed on the sunny side, ripens in early 
August and all matures at the same time. The fruits 
running very uniform. The quality is good. The trees 
are vigorous, hardy, and productive. 
ROCHESTER. One of the best early yellow free¬ 
stone peaches. A fine orchard variety rapidly coming 
into wide use. A Crawford strain preceding Early 
Crawford several days. Large, covered with mottled 
red blush. Flesh yellow stained with red at the pit, 
very good quality. 
SOUTH HAVEN. The great hardy yellow freestone 
peach for cold regions. Stands from 10 to 20 degrees 
colder weather than any other peach grown. This 
peach originated in Michigan and has produced a crop 
of fruit when ordinary varieties were frozen. Fruit 
large, roundish and uniform in size. Color deep golden 
yellow with an attractive crimson cheek. Freestone and 
ripens 10 to 12 days before Elberta. One of the best 
varieties for commercial purposes. 
WILMA. A splendid new variety coming from 
Elberta and promising to be a close competitor. It is 
hardy as to wood and blossoms; its growth is strong 
and stocky, and the foliage is large and colored dark 
green. It has all the fruitfulness of its parent, the 
Elberta. and its fruit is high in quality. Orange yellow 
in color with deep red blush, yellow flesh with red 
rays in the center. Freestone, and extra large in size. 
Flavor excellent and mild. Seven days later than 
Elberta. 
ADDITIONAL VARIETIES 
ADMIRAL DEWEY. Very good quality. Ripens 
same time as Triumph. Freestqne, yellow, very downy. 
Tree strong grower, hardy, ancj productive. 
ALEXANDER. Medium size, color yellow to green¬ 
ish white, overlaid with red. Small stone, seini-cling. 
Tree vigorous and productive. July. 
BANNER. V ery hardy tree, comes to bear young, 
and is very productive. Fruit large, yellow, crimson 
cheek, good shipper and keeper, good quality. Pit small 
and free. Season late September and October. 
BELLE OF GEORGIA. Eight days before Elberta. 
A beautiful white freestone peach. Very large and of 
very good quality. Good shipper. Tree rapid grower 
and prolific. 
MONARCH PLUM 
CARMAN. Twenty-four days before Elberta. White, 
semi-free, large and good. A beautiful peach, dark red 
flushed; fine for fancy trade. Tree very hardy, not 
susceptible to disease and very productive. 
EARLY CRAWFORD. Probably the most com¬ 
monly grown, early, yellow-fleshed peach. Very hand¬ 
some, skin yellow with dark red blush. Quality un¬ 
surpassed, a good peach for market or home orchard. 
Tree large and vigorous. Midseason 
ENGLE. Fruit ripens before Crawford and tree is 
more productive. Peaches large and of very good qual¬ 
ity; pale yellow with bright red blush. Tree large, 
hardy and young bearei. 
FITZGERALD. Almost identical with Early Craw¬ 
ford but ripens a few days earlier. Is more productive 
and somewhat hardier. One of the best of the Craw 
fords. 
GOLD DROP. A strictly Michigan peach. Some¬ 
what transparent, golden skin and flesh, very distinc¬ 
tive. Medium size, light red blush, fine flavor. Tree of 
medium size and vigor, hardy and productive. Late 
midseason. 
PEACHES FOR PROFIT 
RIO OSO GEM 
U.S. Patent No. 81 
A self fertile Hale type which in nine years of 
record crops has gained national recognition. 
Follows Hale in a season when no other peach 
of equal quality is available. 
SEE SPECIAL FOLDER 
GOLDEN JUBILEE 
A High Producing Variety. 
Three weeks earlier than Elberta. Large yellow 
freestone. Excelling as an early shipping peach. 
Quality and appearance make this peach highly 
important as a future market variety. 
HALEHAVEN 
J. H. Hale X South Haven 
A worthy cross of two outstanding varieties- 
Early, beautifully colored, a splendid shipper- 
this peach is rapidly growing in favor. Tree 
proven to be extremely hardy and heavy bear¬ 
ing. First picking about two weeks before 
Elberta. 
ORIOLE 
A New Jersey Experiment Station Introduc¬ 
tion of great promise for the commercial 
orchardist. Vigorous, hardy, early maturing. 
Notable as an early peach of high quality. 
Yellow, freestone. 
f WELCOME 
The Latest Kirby Introduction 
An excellent shipper. Yellow, freestone. A 
record bearer, 4 bushels of large peaches from 
a 3 year orchard tree. Ripens about August 
28th. Has stood extremely low temperatures 
without injury. 
WILMA PEACH 
APRICOTS 
4 beautiful and delicious fruit which com¬ 
bines the qualities of the peach and the plum. 
VLEX ANDER. Sweet and juicy, oblong with orange- 
yellow skin spotted with red. flood bearer. Freestone. 
Ripens first of July. 
ALEXIS. A large, very good quality fruit. Yellow 
with red blush. July 10th. 
EARLY GOLDEN. Small, pale orange skin. Flesh 
sweet, very good quality. July 15th. 
LAMALE. Large, round, deep yellow with red 
cheek. One of the best variet ies. July 10th to 15th. 
RASPBERRIES 
One of the most profitable hush fruits, 
for market and home. 
both 
KALAM VZOO. Another Elberta competitor, better 
quality, but not so showy nor productive. Ripens with 
Late Crawford, a week after Elberta. Ordinarily a 
medium sized peach but large if properly thinned. 
Fruit very high quality for eating or cooking. Skin 
light yellow with pink Hush, flesh yellow, freestone. 
Free large and vigorous. 
LATE CRAWFORD, Eight days after Elberta 
Yellow, freestone, very large and very good. A fine 
standard variety. Skin yellow, crowded with soft tints 
of red and orange. A beautiful peach for fancy trade. 
Freestone. Tree is adapted to many soils and climates, 
and is vigorous, hardy and healthy. 
MAYFLOWER. Fifty days ahead of Elberta. The 
earliest white peach, semi-oling. Medium size, fair 
quality. Tree productive, hardy and healthy. 
NEW PROLIFIC. 'Free exceptionally vigorous, 
hardy, healthy and productive. Fruit medium size, 
yellow, freestone, ripening about a week before Elberta 
SMOCK. Old orchard variety. Not so popular as in 
the past. Trees are hardy and productive but fruit is 
not exceptionally as to size, color, or quality. Orange- 
yellow and dark red. Freestone. 
YELLOW ST. JOHN. Much planted in commercial 
peach growing sections. One of the earliest of the 
Crawfords. Freestone, handsome, and of delicious 
flavor. 'Free is vigorous and hardy. 
Not less than ten of any variety in an order 
Over 25 plants must, be ordered in multiples 
of 25. Prices are for first quality stock. 
CHIEF. The new red raspberry. Has proven hardy 
disease resistant; a heavy cropper. Ripens ten days 
earlier tnaii Latham. Good shipper. 
COLUMBIAN. Color dull purplish red. Rush is a 
strong grower, attaining a very large size. Good for 
home use. Should be planted two feet farther apart 
than any other variety. 
CLTMBERLAND. Early Rlackeap. Very large, oval 
glossy black, firm fruit of best quality. 
CUTHBERT. Red. A good shipper and very pro¬ 
ductive. 
LATHAM. This comparatively new variety has 
outcropped all other raspberries, with a ratio of 2 to 1, 
in many localities. Large brilliant red berries. 
PLUM FARMER. American Blackcap. Perfectly 
hardy; an excellent grower; very productive. Crop 
ripens evenly; berries are large and of excellent quality 
for market. 
RANERE. (St Regis) Color bright crimson. A splen 
did shipper. Rich and delicious. Will endure severe cold 
without injury. Everbearing. 
CHAMPION PEACH 
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