W. & T. SMITH COMPANY, GENEVA, N. Y. 
Lombard. Medium, oval, 
violet red; juicy, pleasant 
and good. Adheres to the 
stone; Tree vigorous and very 
productive. Middle to last of 
August. 
Monarch (New). Fruit 
dark purple covered with a 
thin bloom; large size; speci¬ 
mens measuring six inches in 
circumference; flesh pale 
greenish yellow, parting free¬ 
ly from the stone; juicy with 
a pleasant flavor. September. 
Reine Claude (Bavay’s 
Green Gage). Round, green¬ 
ish yellow, juicy, melting, 
sugary, rich and excellent; 
separate from the stone. Last 
of September. 
Shropshire Damson. Originated in England. Dark 
purple, larger than the common Damson, very productive; 
ripens about September first. 
Shipper’s Pride. Fruit large; color bluish purple; 
handsome and showy; flesh firm, of excellent quality; 
very productive and is a valuable market variety. 
Yellow Egg. A very large and beautiful egg-shaped, 
yellow plum. A little coarse, but excellent for cooking. 
End of August. 
Japan Plums 
Abundance (Botan). Beautiful lemon yellow ground, 
nearly overspread with bright cherry and with a heavy 
bloom; large to very large, oblong, tapering to the point. 
Flesh orange yellow. 
Burbank. Large and beautiful, clear cherry red with a 
thin lilac bloom; flesh a deep yellow, very sweet with a 
peculiar and very agreeable flavor. Ripens later than the 
Abundance; end of August. 
October Purple. Large, round fruit; dark, reddish 
purple; yellow flesh of most superb quality. Ripens 
middle of September. 
Red June. An early ripening Japanese plum; medium 
to large; roundish, conical, purplish red, handsome; 
flesh yellow, quality good. 
Satsuma (Blood). Large, globular with sharp point. 
Color purple and red with bloom; flesh firm, juicy, dark 
red or blood color, fine quality. August. 
Wickson. Originated by Burbank. A sturdy upright 
grower. Fruit remarkably handsome; deep maroon red, 
covered with white bloom; stone small; flesh fine texture, 
firm, sugary and delicious. 
SHROPSHIRE DA.MSON PLUM. 
PEACHES 
Admiial Dewey. A perfect freestone; flesh yellow 
and of a uniform color and texture to the pit. Hardy 
and productive. Early. 
Belle of Georgia. Very large; skin white, with red cheek; 
flesh white, firm, and of excellent flavor; the fruit is un¬ 
iformly large and showy; tree a rapid grower and very 
prolific. 
Crawford’s Early. Very large, yellow, with finer cheek; 
flesh yellow, melting, sweet, rich and very excellent. 
Tree hardy, vigorous and very fruitful. First of Sept¬ 
ember. Freestone. 
Crawford’s Late. Very large, yellow, with a dark red 
cheek; flesh deep yellow, red at the stone, juicy and excel¬ 
lent, with a very rich and vinous flavor; one of the finest 
of the later sorts. Last of September. Freestone. 
Champion. An extremely good, early peach. Skin 
creamy white with red cheek; a perfect freestone, which 
is a rare thing among early peaches; very hardy, regular 
bearer. First of August. 
Crosby. The fruit is full medium size, round, oblate. 
Color bright yellow, beautifully splashed and striped with 
crimson. The flesh is light yellow and red at the stone. 
It ripens about September loth. Freestone. 
Carmen. A new, hardy, rot-proof peach; ripening at 
time with Early Rivers. Large, round, with pa'e yellow 
skin and red blush on sunny side; white flesh, sweet flavor. 
Elberta. Yellow with red cheek; flesh yellow, firm, 
juicy, of high quality, exceedingly prolific and hardy. 
Very popular and is “The best general peach for all 
sections; v follows Early Crawford. 
Fitzgerald. A chance seedling found 
in Ontario, outside the peach belt, where 
it has produced regular crops. The fruit 
is of very large size, pit very small. 
Season same as Early Crawford. 
Foster. Large, slightly flattened, color 
a deep orange red, becoming very dark 
on the exposed side; flesh yellow, rich and 
juicy, with a pleasant sub-acid flavor. 
Freestone. First of September. 
Globe. Fruit exceedingly large, glo¬ 
bular in form, quite uniform in size; of 
a rich golden yellow, with a red blush; 
flesh very firm, but juicy, yellow shaded. 
Freestone. Middle of September. 
Greensboro. The largest and most 
beautifully colored of all the early vari¬ 
eties. Double the size of Alexander, 
ripening at same time; parts clear from 
seed when fully ripe. Flesh white, juicy 
and good. 
Hill’s Chili. Medium size, dull yellow; 
tree very hardy; a good bearer; highly 
esteemed for canning. Last of Sept¬ 
ember. 
Early Crawford Peaches. 
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