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Sure-to-Bear Peaches 
Special Armstrong Varieties 
In Southern California, or elsewhere where winters are short and mild, the standard peach varieties 
cannot be depended upon for regular crops. These special Armstrong kinds result from many years 
of breeding and testing in the Armstrong Research Department. Even in seasons when winters are 
mild there is no interruption in the heavy crops produced. They are best for Southern California 
and other mild-wintered areas. 
Two Profitable 
Early Peaches 
Robin A beautiful, red-cheeked, white-fleshed, 
semi-freestone which consistently ripens enor- 
mous crops in all of California. With its un- 
beatable combination of good looks, fine flavor, 
and extreme earliness, Robin has consistently 
brought the highest market prices—extremely 
profitable commercially, and a fine home fruit, 
too. See illustration on page 57. Late May, 
eatly June. Plant Pat. No. 529. 
$2.75 each, $25.00 per 10. 
x Springtime Offered for the first time in 1954, 
this is the newest and perhaps the most spec- 
tacular of the Armstrong varieties. It is spec- 
tacular because of the extreme earliness with 
which it ripens. You will pick consistently big 
crops of Springtime in May—often very early 
in the month. This means that it is one of the 
first of all peaches to ripen and that it can be 
marketed many weeks before any peach of com- 
parable color and quality. The medium-sized 
fruit, attractively blotched and mottled with 
bright red, is a firm near-freestone with white 
flesh that is loaded with nectar sweet juice. Its 
earliness, inviting color, and high quality 
practically insure a great commercial future. 
Pictured on page 56. Plant Pat. No. 1268. 
$3.50 each, $31.50 per 10. 
An Early Yellow 
“Meadow Lark Beautiful, big, golden fruits 
with a bright red blush. The yellow flesh is 
sweet, juicy, and deliciously flavored. No other 
yellow peach, which even approaches it in 
quality, ripens so early. This is a special Arm- 
strong variety which you can depend upon for 
good crops in Southern California. See page 57. 
Plant Pat. No. 528. $2.50 each, $22.50 per 10. 
High Color—High Flavor 
» Redwing Bears huge crops in all of California, 
and is the most handsome of all early white- 
fleshed peaches. It is a beautiful fruit with rich 
red coloring over a creamy skin. The white 
flesh is a delightful combination of acidity and 
sweetness. Ripens in the Babcock season, but is 
much larger, more colorful, and has a better 
flavor than any Babcock. See page 56. Early 
July. Plant Pat. No. 621. 
$2.75 each, $25.00 per 10. 
Golden Blush Extremely large golden peaches 
with a red blush and delicious, firm, yellow 
flesh filled with rich juice and a full-bodied 
peach flavor. A very fast growing tree which 
produces heavily. Early August. Plant Pat. No. 
AT $2.50 each, $22.50 per 10. 
The “Peachiest’ Flavor 
Bobolink The juicy yellow flesh is deliciously 
flavored, rich, full-bodied, and “‘peachy.’’ Be- 
cause this is one of the best of varieties for 
producing big crops each year regardless of 
climate, it is one of the best kinds» anyone 
could possibly plant in Southern California. 
See page 57. Early July. Plant Pat. No. 1150. 
$2.75 each, $25.00 per 10. 
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“ Flamingo The best peaches of the year ripen 
in August, and here is a variety that is equal 
to the best of them in flavor and quality. More- 
over, it has the plus quality of being able to 
produce consistently in mild-wintered areas. A 
big golden peach, heavily marbled with crim- 
son, with exceptionally firm clear yellow flesh. 
See page 56. A delight to pick, to slice, to pack, 
to ship, and a good one for canning. Plant Pat. 
No. 661. $2.50 each, $22.50 per 10. 
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Ncurlew The first late-ripening variety which 
will bear consistently in mild-wintered areas. 
Beautifully colored, deep orange-yellow with 
sweet, juicy, yellow flesh and a delicious mild 
flavor. Bears well at the coast and even better 
inland. Late September. Plant Pat. No. 651. 
$2.50 each, $22.50 per 10. 
Flowers & Fruit 
“ Altair This is a fruiting-flowering peach which 
you will enjoy not just once a year, but twice. 
The tree will herald spring with a huge show 
of big, double, pink flowers. But wait—in 
August instead of a crop of inedible fruit, you 
will get big, handsome white-fleshed peaches 
which are delicious. See page 56. Plant Pat. 
No. 1022. 
$2.75 each, $25.00 per 10. 
Standard Peach 
Varieties 
The varieties listed below, including the cling- 
stones, have been found best among the stand- 
ard peach varieties for Southern California. All 
varieties are budded on special nematode-resist- 
ant rootstock. 
Prices on all varieties below, including cling- 
stones: $2.00 each, 10 for $17.50 of one variety. 
“Early Elberta Well known pale yellow fruit 
with clear yellow flesh, firm, juicy, and deli- 
cious. Good variety for Southern California. 
Mid-July. 
\ Elberta One of the most famous of all yellow- 
fleshed peaches. August. 
~Miller’s Late Large, good quality fruit with 
juicy yellow flesh. Extremely late. October- 
November. 
~\Rio Oso Gem One of the largest, most hand- 
some, and best flavored of all peaches. Golden 
yellow flesh, very juicy and richly flavored. 
August. 
Cling Peaches 
“ Fontana Medium sized peach with firm, 
orange-yellow flesh right to the pit. Especially 
good for Southern California. September. 
Cling The leading commercial and 
canning variety. Large fruit, golden yellow 
outside and in. Late August. 
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Plums 
With the exception of Climax, all plum trees 
require another variety nearby as a pollinizer. 
Those we have recommended here have been 
carefully checked and will do a good job unless 
conditions are abnormal. 
Varieties are listed in their approximate order 
of ripening. 
All varieties below: I-year trees, ¥%-inch caliper 
and up, $2.00 each, $17.50 per 10 of one variety. 
Beauty Large, deep crimson fruit with amber- 
colored flesh, juicy and full-flavored. Plant 
Climax or Santa Rosa with it. June. 
\ Climax Very large, yellow, heart-shaped fruit 
with a deep red blush, and firm yellow flesh. 
Not always consistent in mild-wintered areas, 
but needs no pollinizer. Late June. 
Santa Rosa California's leading plum. Big 
purplish crimson fruit with delicious amber 
colored flesh. Bears everywhere—well without 
a pollinizer, but better planted with Beauty. 
Late June. 
x Hollywood It is spectacular! The spring flow- 
ers are light pink, the big broad foliage is 
purple-red, and the delicious juicy fruit with 
its bright red flesh is dark purplish-red. Plant 
Inca with it. Late June. 
\satsuma Well-known Japanese Blood Plum. 
Deep red with a heavy lilac bloom and well 
flavored dark purplish red flesh. Good for 
canning. Plant with Santa Rosa. July. 
“Inca Fine yellow plum with firm, sweet, gold- 
en flesh, juicy and richly flavored. Bears big 
crops with Santa Rosa for a pollinizer. Late 
July. 
Mariposa The gigantic purple-red fruits have 
blood-red flesh with a honey-like flavor and 
abundant juice. There is no bitterness to the 
skin or at the pit—just rich sweet goodness 
through and through. Plant Satsuma or Santa 
Rosa nearby. Late July. 
Prunes 
The dried fruit is familiar to everyone but 
fresh prunes taste even better. Best crops result 
if several kinds are planted together. > 
All varieties below: 1-year trees, ¥-inch caliper 
and up, $2.00 each, $17.50 per 10 of one variety. 
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French Improved Large oval fruits of deep 
purple, with sweet sugary flesh. The standard 
variety for drying. 
. Sugar Very large, dark purple fruit, the sweet- 
est of all. Particularly fine for Southern Cali- 
fornia. July. 
\ standard The largest and handsomest of 
prunes. Deep purple with a rich blue bloom 
and sweet amber-colored flesh. 
Pomegranate 
Wonderful Grows rapidly into-a large 8-foot 
bush, thriving anywhere. Bright orange-red 
carnation-like flowers in the spring, and big, 
shiny, crimson-cheeked fruit: in the fall. 
$2.00 each, $17.50 per 10. 
Quince 
The quinces are rich in pectin and nothing 
excels them for making jellies and jams. Easy 
to grow anywhere. 
Bare root trees, ¥-inch up, $2.25 each, 
$20.00 per 10 of one variety. 
round, short-necked, golden 
yellow fruit with a flavor and aroma suggestive 
of pineapples. October. 
~ Smyrna Large fruit of lemon yellow. Makes 
delicious jelly alone or combined with other 
fruits. October. 
