
BUDDING THE PEACH. SCENE IN OUR FIELD NO. 4. 
9 Native PEACHES 
The fruit every member of the family always enjoys. We have exercised great care 
in selecting the varieties we offer in this catalog. Hardiness, Quality and Productivness 
have been considered. Buds from parent trees of high production and outstanding quality 
were used in their propagation. To secure healthy, vigorous and fruitful trees, the 
ground must be well drained and kept clean and mellow. Peach trees are easily grown 
and their freedom from disease, the short time it takes them to come into bealing, make 
them extremely profitable. Peaches are borne on wood of the previous season’s growth 
and this makes it absolutely essential to prune each year. Remove dead branches and 
let light and air in. Keep the trees in good condition and you will have splendid returns. 
BELLE OF GEORGIA—Free. Greenish white peach blushed on sunny side. Flesh firm, 
excellent spicy flavor. A very popular commercial peach and just as popular for the 
home. We consider it very desirable because the tree is hardy, productive, and the 
quality of the fruit is on a par with the best. 
CHAMPION—Free. Few peaches of any season are more delicious than this one. It is 
CHAMPION large, round, quite regular, yellowish-white mottled with red on sunny side; flesh 
white with red at the pit and one of the best in quality. Champion has produced a 
full crop following winter temperatures of 18 degrees below zero. Tree very hardy and 
a heavy bearer. 
CROSBY—Free. This is a medium to large peach, orange-yellow, splashed with red; 
flesh yellow, red at pit, juicy and rich in flavor. Tree hardy in bud and extremely 
prolific. Thinning the fruit will make peaches large size. A very popular market 
variety. Middle of September. 
CRAWFORD, LATE—Free. One of the most beautiful of yellow peaches. Tree vigorous, 
hardy and strong grower. This is perhaps one of.the best late peaches for our terri- 
tory. 
ELBERTA—Free. The great market peach of the Southwest; perfectly hardy in the 
North and is believed by many growers to be the best all-around peach; color lemon- 
yellow with blush on sunny side, flesh pale yellow, tender and juicy but a good shipper. 
Tree hardy and productive. 
J. H. HALE—Free. Fruit similar to Elberta, but more nearly round and larger. Season 
a few days earlier than Elberta. A beautiful peach, rich golden-yellow color. Skin 
thick; flesh dark yellow and firm. Flavor is of the best and it is hard to beat in 
any way. 
HEATH CLING—An old standard, popular variety because of the flavor of its large de- 
licious white fruit. Flesh very tender, melting, juicy and of most luscious flavor. A fa- 
vorite for canning. Tree very hardy and yields heavily. 
MAYFLOWER—Semi-Cling. This is one of the best, is an early variety but blooms late, 
which is certainly to its advantage. Fine quality, red and very attractive, therefore a 
good market peach. 
ELBERTA POLLY—Free. One of the finest of the white-meated peaches. Large, beautifully blushed 
and most luscious flavor. While the Polly is firm meated it is juicy and excellent for 
canning. Ripens just ahead of Elberta. Tree is very strong grower and crops heavily 
and consistently. 







HERE 1S WHAT ONE OF OUR GOOD IOWA 
CUSTOMERS HAS TO SAY ABOUT 
OUR FRUIT TREES 
Dear Sirs: 
‘Am more than pleased with the trees I 
bought from you this spring Will have an- 
other order for you next spring. 
Signed MILTON EDMUNDS, 
Hawarden, Iowa. 











WHEN WE ASKED MR. EDMUNDS IF WE MIGHT USE A PORTION OF HIS LETTER, 
HIS REPLY WAS AS FOLLOWS: 
Dear Sirs: 
In, regard to your request, you may use my letter, or part of it, for when you have something good, that’s 
worth the money, why not tell the world about it? Sorry I did not get to take a picutre of the trees and 
show the real growth they made this summer. Signed MILTON EDMUNDS. 







