6. CHAMPION NURSERIES, PERRY, OHIO 


HEATH CLING. 
good quality, 
October. 
LEMON FREE. Large, resembling a lemon in shape and 
color, immensely productive and of excellent quality 
for canning. Late September. 
ORIOLE. Another variety from the New Jersey Station 
is ready by the middle of August. The fruit is medium 
to large, roundish, yellow, very good in quality and a 
freestone. 
ROBERTA. Yellow; freestone; ripens about ten days 
after Elberta, which variety it resembles very closely. 
A new variety which fruit growers are planting exten- 
sively. Ripens at a time to bring good prices. 
Large creamy white with faint blush, 
valuable for preserving and canning. 
ROCHESTER. A fine peach of good size. Bears young 
and a good cropper, ripening about August 10. 
SALBERTA. A _ highly successful cross between Salway 
and Elberta retaining the size of Elberta and the late- 
ness of Salway, making it a truly wonderful peach. 
Ripens late September. 
SHIPPER’S LATE RED. The tree is hardy and comes 
into bearing young and annually, the fruit a little larger 
than Elberta and is covered with red. Sweet and juicy 
of good flavor and free stone. It hangs well on the 
tree a week to ten days after ripe making it a very 
favorable market sort, ripening the last of September. 
FRUIT TREE DISTANCES 
Apples, Cherries ................ 30 to 40 feet apart 
Pears, Plums, Peaches, Apricots, Quinces ..15 to 25 ft. 
Grapes one ee ee 6 by 6 ft. to 8 by 10 ft. apart 
Currants, Gooseberries ..4 by 6 ft, to 6 by 8 ft. apart 
Blackberries, Raspberries, etc. 
3 by 6 ft., to 6 by 9 ft. apart 
Dworf Fruits ........ Half the above general distances 
Asparagus 0 0 ee 1 ft. apart; rows 3-4 feet 
Rhubarb +) se. S35 See ae 3 ft. apart each way 
SOUTH HAVEN. The meat is yellow, juicy and sweet, 
the skin being yellow with one blotch of red, the fruit 
is above average size and is an extra good peach 
either for home use or for market. September first. 
WILMA. Fruit is as large as Elberta, but colors much 
better, and ripens about ten days later. Its more at- 
tractive color outsells Elberta. Also often known as 
Late Elberta. 
The Sensational 
RED HAVEN 
Tops All Extra early Peaches 
Earliest Yellow Freestone Peach 
The new early ripening Yellow Peach 
that ripens about 10 days’ before 
Golden Jubilee. 
The most promising early ripening yel- 
low freestone Peach ever introduced. 
A cross between Hale-Haven and Kal- 
haven made at the South Haven, Michi- 
gan Experimental Station. Brilliant red 
color with creamy yellow background, 
smooth skin, almost fuzzless. Reddens 
before it ripens. Bears heavy crops 
and should be thinned for best results. 
Every grower should try RED HAVEN. 
Supply of trees is limited—order early. 


GOLDEN JUBILEE PEACH 
