. Stark fruit book. Nursery stock Missouri Louisiana Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowering shrubs Catalogs. 52 STARK FRUIT BOOK Pcacl) r outside the peach belt. Hardy and fine; ripe before Elberta is gone. mce. NCS. Mich. Hort. Soc.: Socnis best i>ea('h in sight. Of lO) trees set'spring '94, nearly all bore I to 6 peaches in '95. Set (io) xnoiv. In "'.Hitlif IW trees all 1x)re; "some had half bu. fine peaches. Riix" alxiut -with Elberta, larger than ("rawford, even handsomer; small pit—a remarkable combination. . Last winter gav
. Stark fruit book. Nursery stock Missouri Louisiana Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowering shrubs Catalogs. 52 STARK FRUIT BOOK Pcacl) r outside the peach belt. Hardy and fine; ripe before Elberta is gone. mce. NCS. Mich. Hort. Soc.: Socnis best i>ea('h in sight. Of lO) trees set'spring '94, nearly all bore I to 6 peaches in '95. Set (io) xnoiv. In "'.Hitlif IW trees all 1x)re; "some had half bu. fine peaches. Riix" alxiut -with Elberta, larger than ("rawford, even handsomer; small pit—a remarkable combination. . Last winter gave a good test of hardiness. 18"^ below zero; tested 200 buds each variety: Fitzgerald. S buds dead- Lewis, 15; Crosby, 27; Elberta oi% and Crawford class 60^, dead. Uter: My Elbertas have returned not less than $3, net, per bu. . Planted lOoO Fitz- gerald last spring; a good thing and want to stock our own orchards.—Pres't R. MorrilL Canada Exp. Farm: Appears the most valuable new peach I have seen. Rii)e after Crawford E'y: fruit buds more hardy; stone smaller; young trees begin to 1)ear the 2d year. Large, bright yellow -with red, best quality. West'n N. Y. Hort. Soc.:' Hardiness in the peach is not well understood. Many varieties are grown commercially that ought not to be: not profitable. As a rule, the Crawford type are not reliable in X. Y. . In Mich, they know more about peaches, and have a line very hardyin bud: Lewis, Gold Drop, Kalamazoo, etc. Crosby is good, am pleased; not more hardy than many others. Fitzgerald, origin Canada, by comparison Avith Hill Ckili and other hardy kinds, stood the test best of all. We must look to the fruit bud.—S. 0. Willard, N. Y. i/ GOLD « Best Cling Peach,» says Pres't Evans, Olden Fruit Co. Introduced by us 20 odd yrs. ago. Has made a great market record. Finest quality. Not so large, nor so hardy in bud, as the new Elberta Cling. MC. Worthy of general cultivation. Yellow, with light to very dark red. Very rich; jui
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