The Florida agriculturist., 1881-07-13
The Pien-tO Peach, Etc.

WAS pleased 10 see a notice OF the
Pien>to or early flat China peach,
and a notice of Mr.. Lipseys nursery
which is in the vicinity of Archer.
Mr.. Lipsey Is skilled nurseryman
and thoroughly reliable, and mas tor
several years been giving his atten'
tion to such fruits, with the orange as
could be profitably grown ia East and
South Florida. He has so far snc'
ceeded as to have many varieties OF
valuable fruit, among which he has
made a specially OF the two early
varieties OF peach commonly known
as the China fat and China honey,
the latter being the most dehoS@usly
sweet peach we ever ate.
Having telt very great interest IN
peach culture myself and owHing
place peculiarly adapted to their
growth, soene four years since we be-
gan to give attention to the growth
of this luscious fruit. Having noticed
in different places in East and Middle
Florida trees bearing, out OF the
multitude planted from Northern
nurseries of the early varieties, con.
ceived the idea that, if from these
bearing trees, buds were taken and
budded into the seeding of the ma
tive or common. peach we might
solve the problem OF having an abun.
dance ct early peaches in Florida.
Mentioning the matter to Mr.. Lipsey,
who had thought OF the same thing,
we went to work, / collecting buds
and Mr.. Llpsey doing the budding.
In the meantime while ON a visit to
Fernando ina to my friend, Capt. A. o.
MacDonell, general ticket agent of
the Transit road, received from
him a couple of stocks with dumb
buds OF the Pien~to or China Hat
At this time this peach was exciting
considerable interest in Pensacola, in
the vicinity OF which place it had
been cultivated with great success.
Mr. Yulee, who is constantly doing
some disinterested act Tor the good
OF others, Of which the world knows
but little, ordered two hundred OF
these peaches and distributed among
his friends and others. Capt. Mac
Donell received five and generously |
gave me two. One OF them lived |
and from that tree we have been eat
ing fruit for over four weeks. From |
that tree | have several hundred |
growing in their places aud expect
in one or two years to reap the value
from these trees more than the same
number of orange trees will yield at
ten years of age. Now while the
buds of the China flat and China
honey, have succeeded beyond my
most sanguiue expectations, for some
Of them bore this spring from the
buds of last June, year, the buds Of
the other early varieties, so success
tull in Georgia and in States more
northernly, were utterly regardless
the spring time and did not COM
mence to leaf until the last OF April
or 1st OF May, where they should
have had peaches ripening for the
palate. So far as | know this exper,
iment had not been tried before. |
know of a certainty that thousands
of trees OF the early varieties had
been planted for the nurseries of
Georgia, and other States within the
fifteen years and with few exceptions
they have been utterly worthless.
From the few that bore we Obtained |
buds and budding them i'll the COM
mon peach here failed. 1t is there. |
fore safe TO conclude that the early |
varieties, SO successful in States north |
of us are failure and l would advise |
the public not TO invest their money, |
or give space to any of them. But
os to the China fat and honey am |
equally persuaded OF their success
and would urge the people to plant
them largely, not only Tor home uses
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