. What to plant and how to plant it. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. What the Oviedo lacks in earliness it more than makes up in size and quality. What the Elberta is to Georgia, the Oviedo is to Florida and all the Gulf Coast country. On the market at the same time, it is more than a match for the famous Elberta. (See letters from commission men, on inside back cover.) It is abso- lutely free from rot, and will not split or crack. This we cannot say of any others of the Hone
. What to plant and how to plant it. Nurseries (Horticulture) Florida Catalogs; Nursery stock Florida Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs. What the Oviedo lacks in earliness it more than makes up in size and quality. What the Elberta is to Georgia, the Oviedo is to Florida and all the Gulf Coast country. On the market at the same time, it is more than a match for the famous Elberta. (See letters from commission men, on inside back cover.) It is abso- lutely free from rot, and will not split or crack. This we cannot say of any others of the Honey seedlings ripening as late as it does and during the rainy season. Size large to very large, often measuring 9 inches or more in circumference ; pit very small ; quality best, having a rich, vinous flavor that suits the taste equally as well as any northern Peach; flesh light, streaked with red, and very firm, ripening evenly from skin to pit, and on both sides ; freestone. Blooms with native Peaches, is a sure and abundant bearer. Ripe early in July, at a sea- son when Peaches are most wanttd in market, it being just after the early ones are gone and before the native crop comes in. Mr. T. K. Godby, of Waldo, Florida, who has originated several of the best Peaches now in cultivation in this state, says of it : "I consider this the finest Peach in the ; Our attention was called to this Peach by Mr. Godby, and its large size, handsome appearance and fine quality induced us to investigate its merits, and we found it to be better suited for extensive planting in Florida than any Peach we know of. _J Jewell. () New. Originated and introduced by T. K, Godby, of Waldo, Florida, who says of it: "A Peach as good as the Waldo, blooming at the same time as the Waldo, and ripening two weekt ; This is saying much, but the samples we have received from Mr. Godby corroborate his statement so far as time of maturity, size and quality are concerned, an
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