. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. EDGEMONT ELBERTA CLING 169 Tree large, upright-spreading, hardy, healthy, produc- tive in the South but only moderately so in the North ; glands renifonn. Flowers very large, tinted with pink, midseason. Fruit verj' early, medium to large, round- oblong to oblong-conic; cavity large, broad, mottled with red; stem short, stout; apex protruding; suture shallow except near the cavity; skin thick, tough, heavily pubescent; creamy-white, mottled and splashed with crimson; flesh white stained with red near the skin, firm, meaty, juicy, subacid; qua
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. EDGEMONT ELBERTA CLING 169 Tree large, upright-spreading, hardy, healthy, produc- tive in the South but only moderately so in the North ; glands renifonn. Flowers very large, tinted with pink, midseason. Fruit verj' early, medium to large, round- oblong to oblong-conic; cavity large, broad, mottled with red; stem short, stout; apex protruding; suture shallow except near the cavity; skin thick, tough, heavily pubescent; creamy-white, mottled and splashed with crimson; flesh white stained with red near the skin, firm, meaty, juicy, subacid; quality good to very good; stone of medium size, clinging, oval. EDGEMONT. Fig. 161. Edgemont Beauty. In fruit, Edgemont is not easily dis- tinguished from Late Crawford, the essential differences being that the fruits of Edgemont are more rotund than those of Late Crawford, and the flavor is a little more acid. The trees differ in the greater productiveness of Edge- mont and in a little later maturity of the crop. Of the score or more peaches of the Crawford tj^pe, Edgemont is distinctly superior to all. Compared with Elberta, with which it must compete in the markets, it is several days later, juicier, and less fibrous, and much excels that variety in quality; and, moreover, though cosmopolite of cultivated peaches. Thus, El- berta is gro^^Ti with profit in every peach- growing state in the L'nion, and in nearly all is grown in greater quantities than any other market peach. The second character which. 161. Edgemont. iXVz) the individual peaches are not quite so large, the j'ield of fruit is even greater. If Edge- mont proves adapted to as wide a range of climates and soils as Elberta, it is a new com- mercial peach of great value. Whether it succeeds in commerce or not, Edgemont is well worth planting in home orchards by virtue of the exceptionally high quality and attractive appearance of the fruit. Edgemont was intro- duced by the Miller Orchard Company, Edge- mont, Mar>-l
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