ELBERTA CLING 
ELBERTA CLING (Mid-Season Yellow Cling- 
stone)—An immense size yellow peach 
that looks like Elberta, but is a perfect 
clingstone. The tree is a sure heavy 
cropper and the fruit of superb quality. 
Flesh firm, excellent shipper; goes on 
the market in good condition and brings 
top prices. 
EARLY ELBERTA—Freestone, mid-season; 
yellow. The Early Elberta is truly named. 
It is of the Elberta type, large, golden 
yellow which is in beautiful contrast to 
the rich blush on the sunny cheek. The 
flesh is yellow like the Elberta but far 
better quality, sweeter and finer grained; 
higher color and a week earlier—going 
out as. the Elberta is coming in. As a 
canning peach it has better flavor and 
color than the regular Elberta. 
LATE ELBERTA—Late yellow freestone. 
Best sort between Hale and Krummel. 
Looks just exactly like Elberta, but ripens 
two weeks after it. Better flavor. One of 
the best shippers, comes on market when 
yellow peaches bring top prices. Tree 
satisfactory in growth, bearing and hardi- 
ness. It has been one of our most satis- 
factory varieties. Late peaches are profit- 
able. Fourteen days after Elberta. Cook- 
ing, eating, canning, market. 
JUNE ELBERTA (Mikado)—Ripens about 30 
days before Elberta. Yellow with red 
blush. High quality. Very productive. 
Semi-cling. 
ELBERTA—Large, yellow with red cheek, 
flesh yellow, firm, juicy, of high quality. 
Exceedingly prolific, sure bearer and 
hardy. Is doing well in all peach sec- 
tions, North and South. One of the lead- 
ing market varieties. August lst. 
SOUTH HAVEN—Freestone. Ripens about 
10 days before Elberta. Will bear full 
crop almost every year when Elbertas 
fail. Large yellow peach. Good quality. 
HILEY—Freestone. An early Belle of Geor- 
gia peach. Good quality; white with 
pink blush. 
GOLDEN JUBILEE — Freestone. Ripens 
about 20 days before Elberta. Yellow 
peach with deep pink blush. One of 
the hardiest peaches known. 


» HALE HAVEN—Introduced by the Michigan 
Experiment Station. A cross between the 
J. H. Hale and South Haven. Fruit is 
larger than Elberta, has a deep golden 
yellow color with an attractive scarlet 
cheek. A perfect freestone. Flesh firm, 
juicy and excellent in quality. Ripens 15 
day ahead of Elberta. 
CHAMPION (Freestone)—A western peach 
of very large size and good quality, also 
noticeable for the regularity of its bear- 
ing. Skin is of a rich, creamy white with 
a red cheek; flesh creamy white, sweet 
and delicious, rich and juicy. A most 
profitable peach. July 20th. 
BELLE OF GEORGIA—Very large, skin 
white, with red cheeks; flesh white, firm 
and of excellent flavor; the fruit is uni- 
formly large and showy, prolific. Chinese 
Cling seedling. Freestone. 
J. H. HALE—This variety has been brought 
out with more advertising than any other 
sort for many years, and from reports 
is deserving of all that has been said. 
The fruit as we have seen it: Color is 
a deep yellow, overspread with carmine, 
except on the underside; the skin is 
smooth without much fuzz; the flesh firm, 
fine grained and unusually solid; parts 
freely from the stone; the flavor is most 
delicious, much better than yellow 
peaches usually run. Ripens a few days 
before Elberta. 
CRAWFORD’S EARLY —This magnificent 
large yellow freestone peach. Good 
quality and a beauty, which makes it 
one of the most popular varieties. August. 
RED HAVEN—Another new Michigan State 
Experiment Station introduction. Deep red 
color, freestone, a good shipper. 
SOUTH HAVEN — Yellow freestone, fine 
canner, good size, bears well, ripens 
about 10 days ahead of the Elberta. 
SHIPPERS LATE RED—Large, round, yellow 
freestone. Deep red color, tops as a 
commercial variety. 
EARLY HILEY—Ripens ahead of the regu- 
lar Hiley about 10 days. Same color, 
same in production and shipping. 
SLAPPY—Very sweet, highly flavored yel- 
low freestone home orchard peach. 
OLD FASHIONED RED INDIAN — Cling. 
Very highly colored, red as blood to the 
seed. There are many strains of Red 
Indian peaches on the market and Fo 
great many are very small and unde- 
sirable. Our buds from which our Red 
Indian were grown were cut from a tree 
that is the very best of all the strains. 
WHITE ENGLISH—Cling. Ripe latter part 
of September. Of good size; skin between 
white and yellow; flesh white, firm, fine 
texture, juicy and of excellent flavor. 
There are several types of the White 
PEACH 
English peach, as is well known. All 
have their merits, but none will measure 
up to the ones we are now offering. 
There has been a strong demand for 
many years for the true White English 
peach, and after looking over the field 
for nearly 40 years, we have found it. 
EARLY WHEELER—Semicling. Ripens 
about a week after Mayflower. Of good 
size, flesh firm, meaty and of fine texture. 
Color pinkish white on under side and 
bright crimson next to sun. This is the 
best peach of its season, and is the first 
peach to ripen that really comes up to 
the standard of a first class peach. 
RED BIRD CLING (Very Early)—As large 
as Elberta, strikingly handsome and the 
first big peach that is ready for market. 
A sensation everywhere; bright glowing 
red-on a background of creamy white; 
flesh firm, making it an ideal shipper. 
Early in the season people are fruit 
hungry and these big handsome peaches 
bring prices tha? are almost unbelievable. 
The advent of this glorious peach makes 
possible tremendous profits. It is so 
superior to Sneed, Alexander and other 
poor quality, soft, watery peaches ripen- 
ing same time. 
EARLY ROSE (Clingstone)—Ripe middle of 
June. Fruit brilliant, beautiful red all 
over. Flesh fine grained, tender and of 
best quality. Tree vigorous, hardy, and 
an early bearer. Tends to overload, and 
should be thinned. Where this is done, 
the most beautiful peaches can be grown. 
They carry well and bring the very ‘top 
price in the markets. 
CARMEN (Freestone)—The originator says 
it is either a sister or a seedling of the 
Elberta; tree of same manner and habit 
of growth, only has a larger and darker 
colored foliage; hardy and productive, 
the fruit is practically rot-proof, as origi- 
nal tree, standing in low, wet ground, 
has perfected its fruit while other va- 
rieties all about have rotted entirely. 
The fruit is broadly oval in form, large, 
pointed; skin a yellowish white, slightly 
tinged with red, a sprightly vinous flavor. 
The “Rural New Yorker’ first described 
it some years ago as an extra large 
yellow peach, like ‘Elberta’ type, but 
it is not strictly a yellow peach, neither 
is it white. Size large; juicy, sweet and 
excellent; productive. Originated in 
Texas. Tree is a regular bearer. First 
of July. 
CHINESE CLING (Clingstone)—Ripe July 
20 to 25. A favorite peach; of large 
size; creamy white with beautiful blush; 
flesh of the very highest quality; indeed 
the standard of richness among peaches. 
MAY FLOWER—Medium size, practically 
red all over; flesh firm and of good 
flavor; extremely valuable as a very 
early market sort especially in southern 
states. Tree blooms very late; upright 
and good grower; prolific bearer. Earliest 
known. S-Cling. 

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