. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 161. Edgemont. iXVz) the individual peaches are not quite so large, the yield 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, Maryland, in 1902. Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, productive. L
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 161. Edgemont. iXVz) the individual peaches are not quite so large, the yield 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, Maryland, in 1902. Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, productive. Leaves large, obovate, thick; margin crenate; glands globose. Flowers midseason, small, dark pink, single. Fruit late midseason; large, irregular, round-ovate, truncate at the base, with unequal halves ; cavity deep, narrow, regular, abrupt ; suture shallow; apex mu- cronate; color light yellow or orange-yellow, with a bronze blush often deepening to a carmine blush ; pubes- cence short, thick; skin thick, tough, separates from the pulp; flesh yellow, stained at the pit, very juicy, slightly coarse and stringy, meaty, mild subacid or sprightly; very good in quality ; stone free, large, oval, plump, pointed, with corrugated surfaces. ELBERTA. Fig. 162. Elberta leads all other peaches in America in number of trees. It is, too, the most popular of all peaches in the markets. The preeminently meritorious character of Elberta is its freedom from local prejudices of either soil or climate—it is the. 162. Elberta. (XVz) commends Elberta to those in the business of peach-growing is fruitfulness: barring f'-osts or freezes, the trees load themselves with fruit year in and year out. Added to these two great points of superiority are ability to with- stand the ravages of both insects and fungi, large size, vigor, early bearing, and longevity in tree; and large, handsome, well-flavored fruits which ship and keep remarkably well. Elberta, however, is not without faults and serious ones. Th
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