. Descriptive catalog. Nursery stock Catalogs; Horticulture Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Fruit-culture Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Shenandoah. FRUIT DEPARTMENT—PEACHES, QUINCES, NECTARINES 15 PEACHES, Continued Old Mixon Cling—Large pale yellow, with red cheek; juicy, rich and of a high flavor; one of the best clingstone peaches. Old Mixon Free—Large pale yellow, with a deep red cheek; tender, rich and good. Russell No. 1—Large size, roundish oblong. The earliest freestone to ripen. Flesh green- ish white with yellow veins. Stone
. Descriptive catalog. Nursery stock Catalogs; Horticulture Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs; Trees Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Shrubs Catalogs; Fruit-culture Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Shenandoah. FRUIT DEPARTMENT—PEACHES, QUINCES, NECTARINES 15 PEACHES, Continued Old Mixon Cling—Large pale yellow, with red cheek; juicy, rich and of a high flavor; one of the best clingstone peaches. Old Mixon Free—Large pale yellow, with a deep red cheek; tender, rich and good. Russell No. 1—Large size, roundish oblong. The earliest freestone to ripen. Flesh green- ish white with yellow veins. Stone small in proportion to size of peach. Texture melt- ing and juicy. Flavor pleasantly sweet with little aroma and vinous flavor. Resembling Alexander somewhat in color. Originated at Wymore, Nebraska. Season August 1st to 15th. Salway—Fruit large, roundish, deep yellow, with a rich marbled brownish cheek; flesh yellow, firm, juicy and sugary; free. Sneed—The earliest peach known. Ripens ten days before the rvlexander; fruit creamy white, well colored with deep crimson; rip- ens well on the trees; quality not very good, but very productive and valuable on account of its extra earliness; cling. Triumph—One of the early sorts; fruit good size, yellow with crimson cheek; flesh yel- low; almost a freestone. Wonderful—Large, uniform in size and shape; color rich golden yellow, overspread with vivid crimson; flesh yellow, rich, high flav- ored and delicious; bright red at tip, which is small; is almost Elberta. (See page 14.) Yellow St. John—Medium large, round; orange yellow, with red blush on sunny side; flesh tender, juicy and very good; free. Wheatland—Large, roundish, skin golden yel- low, shaded with crimson on the sunny side; flesh yellow, rather firm, juicy, sweet and of fine quality; tree vigorous; Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appeara
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