The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-08-08

the Beatrice brought $40 bushels.
These varieties are known as the half
cling. The Beatrice il n red-colored
peach, oblong in shape, with soft flesh
and tender taste. The Early Rivers is
white-skinned, with pink shading, Just
the picture OF pale college girl with
spot of red paint on her cheek. The
Early Louise has pinkish skin,
| Is a white-fleshed and firm.
"The Alexander peach" Mr.. Parnell
continued, sis boosted by horticultu-
ralist, just because it is fashion.
| While admit its excellent quality as
a table peach just from the tree, |
must say that il is altogether unfit for
| shipment. Ii is easily bruised, is sure
to rot on the way, If, indeed, the whole
crop does not rot before IL falls from
the trees. The Early Hale, which |
tried first, and abandoned, rots on the
hands OF everybody except Mr. Berck-
man, OF Augusta, who always sue
ceeds with them"
"llow do you account for such diff
| ferenccsN
at Is altogether a matter of exper-
iment. In deterrent localities the va
rieties show different results. There
is only one way To attain success in
| peach growing. You must select
your ground aud experiment until
You strike the particular variety suit
! ed to your local condition. Then
press the growth of that, throwing
your best peaches upon New York
market, when you will dispose of ever
one offered.
80 come back to the subject in
hand, however, he said Il have de-
veloped hy bred, to which have
given the name of Parnoll. This
peach is destined to rank in the peach
family as the lie Conte does among
the pears. secured il from an acct
dental Seeding. made my first
when IL went off at S25 bushel.
have now 1000 trees of this variety.
II has dark red skin, white flesh, and
is firm aud hardy for shipment. The
next is the Foster, "a peach, of yellow
skin, saffron flesh aud firm mold. But
one crop in three of this peach. how
ever, is fit to ship. OF the Amelia
peach, dark ilcshcd and brownish red
! cheek, have over 5000 trees. lhavc
spent much time in experimenting,
and believe that have now solved all
the difficulties of this neighborhood,
AS old trees die replace them. and
also make II regular annual increase OF
$4,000 trees. try every new variety
announced, aud have now, in addition
to these already announced, the Early
| Craw ford, the Late Crawford, and TIA,
whole Chinese family. of the latter
variety called the K. L. Lee Is Il de
cidcd fayoritc, and is IN constant dc
mamd in New York. The Thurber il
also in great demand.
"Thc worst enemy of the peach or
! chard," remarked Mr. Parncll, sis III,
half-taught horticulturalist with
pruning knife. There is no doubI
but that peach trees understand th,
art growing, aud should be let alone
The borcrs will not do Ms much harm
as the man who tries to cXterminat,
them. II a tree yields bad fruit, jus
cut il down and replant. The princi
pal danger, however, is wintcr-killin;
which is a inisnomer, because the kill
ing takes place owing to the absence
of winter. Where no winter comes tn
sap never sinks. A sudden cold da,
chills the tree, just rs it does a man.
have fully exploded one idea preva
lent, that it won't do to plant neN
orchard upon the site of an old OIL
chard. Thousands of my best tree
are standing upon ground which ha
been the site OF half a dozen previou
orchards. Trees set out to the north
east never fail to have fruit.
"Peaohes flourish in alternate year
sometimes one variety, and som,
times another. In 1878 there was
wonderful yield of early peaches.
1873 the crop was equally as good, BIT
in 1879 there was q peach famine
which caught me two ways. Tn
famine in Ireland deprived me of m
rents, aud the famine en- peaches d,
prived me of my income here. lu n
ternatc years since, with wonderil
! regularity. the yield has upheld II
| theory. The earliest shipment eve
4 made to New York was ON the l6t
I of May, and the latest the 10th
I August, when the Delaware crop Gu
Q oil the Georgia sales.'
= what is the demand for fruit
}. "The demand for good fruit hi
4 never vet been met. always hay
i more orders than can fill. New Gor
;. is the great market, because it is Il
y distributing point and always ole
}, regular prices. Philadelphia stan'
II next as IN eastern market. Cinci
1 natl is the great peach depot of Il
y west. once got S25 crate in Ci
z cinnati. My heaviest shipment in oil
Q day was 300 coates to the New Vol
i market. Large quantities send |
tP.ttrl1t and email aIInIItiIlnE Law a.
s press. Ia one year nettcd 81 90
This year have already shipped "
l crates.
|, Accompanied by Mr. Parnell al
r four fine hounds OF different breed
/. your correspondent started out on
I, tour of inspection of the great peat
c forest. Acres and acres of groun
stretching indeed into miles, we
~ covered with every variety of tire
d Hidden within the dark foliage W
II seen the succulent globes which CO
Il tain the more than orange promise
wealth. One hundred aud fifty thou
l. and trees was forest of peac
n bloom in which one might well &
r lost. The trees are planted twel
Is feet apart, aud are kept trimmed
the ground Sc that person standil
a can pluck the rosy fruit from its fas
G, ness. When the first blush com
e upon the cheek of the dainty beauti
Al 100 men, women and children are s
Is to work, each armed with Hat ba
e kot, returningto the rendezvous wht
q the bottom is covered, Thus tn,
II keep ON day after day un
4. the season is over. A remarkab
At popularity is that the peach pick
l. never feels tempted to taste the 10
Is hidden fruit. The Stats, mai
lie etc, for making the crates, ready CT
J. are of hand, with def men TO p
" them together. One side of the era
e. is nailed together upon which is la
Of carefully layer of peaches, up,
|, which is laid coating of excelsi