Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1868-01-30
GOLDEN DWARF PEACH.

THE SUBSCRIBERS again offer TO the
i lovers Of the beautiful and the lus-
cious, we'll grown trees OF VAN BUREN'S
GOLDEN DWARF PEACH. There 10
nothing of It's size more beautiful. 1t Ii
prodigiously prolific, and IN quality Of
fruit, it has few, II any snperiors. The
fruit is very ornamental, being above me-
dunn size, Of golden yellow color, with
u rich m otted carmine cheek. The leaves
add much to it's beauty, being very large,
closely ret, Of deep green color, and
hang on longer than any other Peach
leaves. 1t ripens its fruit In September,
attains growth of from four to i've feet,
the original being but rs inches In height
when four years old. The buds are 30
close together that one OF these little trees,
loaded with fruit, would almost remind
the beholdsr OF IN immense bunch OF very
large grapes The idea that naturally
suggests itself IL, that this Is an ordinary
Peach dwaried; but that 10 not the case; II
il distinct variety with dwarf habit,
and is not sickly like the common Peach.
This tree will be valuable In the sx-
treme North, MS il il small and can be
protected from the frost by covering, or
Planting In box aud setting In during
the cold season 1t will also be quito an
acquisition to the orchard house.
II originated about the year 1855 with
J. VAN BUREN, nm eminent pomologist OF
Georgia, and in supposed by him to be an
accidental cross batw cen the Italian Dwarf
and Van Zundt's superb. In the fall OF
1859, DR.. } Il Evans OF Chester County,
Pennsylvania, succeeded in getting a few
stumps Of trees, with the pledge tpnt he
would not part with any buds before 1861,
ns Mr.. VAN BUBEN intended introducing
tha hat ! her md he.
The DR.. has put the buds into our hands
and we are now successfully engaged Ia
introducing it. With the consent of the
DR.. we refer you to the following from his
pen:
THE tree, what there is of it, IL per-
feet beauty. The foliage contrasts strongly
with that of auy other peach tree, being
always large, and Of rich dark green,
and so dense that not Il ray Of light can
traverse the head In any direction. 1t Ia
Il dwarf IN nothing but wood. Its buds
are crowded together, and Il tree three or
four years old will produce as many of
them as any other kind Of peach tree, and
its branches will sustain and perfect oil
the fruit that can possibly be strung upon
them And such fruit! In color it is q
golden yellow, unlike any other peach /
have ever aeen, and the check which covers
hrpiiy NM VI ~, 40 W pHo iieucbe
md, all in all, am free to declare, with
out fear OF contradiction, that the orient
cannot supply a shrub OF o tree, which 10
hardy, that will be more highly esteemed
az An ornament, Ind few peaches will Sur-
pass it in favor"
Among the many favorable accounts
gwen by tho press, is the following from
the American Agricultural, septem Der,
1866:
This is comparatively new variety Of
Pcach, that Is II natural dwarf growing,
only or feet high. The trees we have
seen, have remarkably compact habit
ard very healthy foliage. We have not
seen the ripe fruit, but have seen it when
nearly full grown....... Peaches have of
late years been such precarious crop as
to discourage their cultivation in most
places. The Golden Dwarf may prove TO
be The founder OF race OF peaches Of such
humble stature, that they may be pro-
tected as easily as raspberry bushes, and
tnus allow peaches to be raised In localities
where it is not now practicable"
Frederick seitz, Esq, of Easton, Pa,
exhibited specimens OF this tree ut thu
State exhibition last fall, loaded with fruit;
trees that he had purchased Of us two years
previous Our stock will be the best we
have ever offered. They stnnd apart in
the rows, giving them chance TO become
lImby and form nice shape, so thst they
will all be extra fine.