FORTY VARIETIES OF IMPROVED PEACHES 
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Royal. Large, roundish-oval; pale 
orange with faintly tinged red cheek; 
flesh yellow, firm, sweet, high flavored, 
slightly sub-acid and good quality, ripens 
a week earlier than Moorpark; a good 
market variety. 
Tilton. We consider this variety one 
of the best commercial sorts. Flesh firm, 
sweet and juicy; tree hardy and thrifty 
grower. 
Blenheim (Shipley). Above medium; 
deep yellow; juicy and rich flesh. Prac¬ 
tically the same as Royal. Any difference 
is in the fact that Blenheim is larger. In 
great demand both for canning and dry¬ 
ing. Trees regular and heavy bearers. 
Middle of June. 
Wenatchee Moorpark. The tree a 
more thrifty grower than the genuine 
Moorpark. These are quite extensively 
planted in the irrigated districts and are 
a splendid commercial variety. 
Superb. We should judge by the 
growth of the tree that this variety is 
of Russian origin, or would trace back 
to Russian stock. The fruit is round, 
medium to large, double cheek like a 
peach and pink to pale red on sunny 
side; attractive and of good quality. 
Peach Cot. Extra fine, large apricots. 
Rich and juicy. 
Chinese or" Mormon Cot. Very hardy. 
Resembles the Tilton and ripens almost 
the same time. 
Moorpark. A large, roundish apricot 
with an orange cheek. 
Lewis Cots. Very hardy but not very 
good commercially. 
Yakima Cot. A heavy bearing variety. 
Grown in Yakima Valley. 
PEACHES 
Few fruits enjoy a greater popularity than peaches. With de¬ 
licious flavor they combine attractive appearance and the uses to 
which this fruit may be put are so many that there are never enough 
on hand for all. This applies especially to small communities in which 
farmers and fruit growers can establish a thriving business without 
serious effort. 
Peaches do well in most soils and by carefully following some of 
the suggestions offered below, trees may easily be established and 
bring splendid returns in a few years. By selecting varieties which 
bear early and late the peach season may be extended over a con¬ 
siderable period. 
Each 10-50 50 and over 
2 to 3 ft. 
3 to 4 ft. 
4 to 6 ft. 
Extra selected 6-8 ft. 
Early Red Bird. Very early, ripening 
just after Mayflower, which it resembles 
only is much larger and more pointed on 
the blossom end, brilliant red on the 
sunny side. A valuable early market 
variety. 
Rochester. This variety was intro¬ 
duced during the last few years, re¬ 
sembles Early Crawford, but we under¬ 
stand does not split at the pit as does 
the Crawford. 
Brook’s Beauty. This variety comes 
to us from Chico, California; very large, 
slightly pointed, handsomely striped with 
bright red and brown on yellow back¬ 
ground; flesh very juicy and sweet, red 
streaks through the flesh, making it a 
partially blood peach. This is a very un¬ 
usual and highly attractive variety. Free¬ 
stone, ripens with Early Crawford. 
Tuscan Cling (Tuskena; Yellow Tus¬ 
can). Very large; yellow. The best early 
35c 30c 20c 
45c 40c 25c 
50c 45c 30c 
65c 50c 45c 
canning peach; takes the lead over all 
otEer peaches in price. Middle of July. 
Early Charlotte. F. An improved 
seedling from Early Crawford, originated 
at Salem, Oregon, in 1878, by O. Dicken¬ 
son, where it has attracted much atten¬ 
tion among fruit growers. This remark¬ 
able peach succeeds in Oregon, where 
many other varieties fail. Flesh yellow, 
melting and juicy, with a rich and ex¬ 
cellent flavor; freestone. Ripens ten days 
after Crawford’s Early. 
Hale’s Early. Medium, nearly round; 
skin mottled red, dark red cheek. Flesh 
white, juicy, melting, high flavored, free 
from stone. First of August. 
Triumph. Earliest yellow flesh peach; 
ripens a few days later than Alexander, 
blooms late; sure and abundant bearer; 
strong vigorous grower; fruit good size; 
yellow, with red and crimson cheek. 
Alexander (Semi-Cling). Medium size; 
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