St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-20

aIter shQEe - feeble existence.
4 THE ,sEExrO PEACH. >
i Thousands of planters in tt
i Gof Ststes have been disappOinte1
in the PeentQ or Chinese peaeh
which blooms in January or Febru-
airy, hence it will not stand the
trusts, which nearly always Occul
in those months. This tree is midi
genOus only to the soil and climate
Of southern Florida, or, immediate
" on Tive Gulf CUas. but its home
10 South China.
This strain has been multiplied
by seedlings and hybrids until we
now have scores Of that type which
|. suitable only to q limited area
along extreme southern Gulf coast.
The FARMER is doing our. people
. valuable service BY cautioning
them against investing their money.
time and labor on worthless varie-
ties. The following list is of this
strain and hundreds have been
sold here ny tree agents only
to result in the verdict Of Peaches
won't do in this coqatry,'' mark
The list. hidwell's Early, Maggie,
Early Arlington. barns Early Daisy.
barr's Late Daisy, YUM Yum, Or
landO. June Beauty, Laura. Waldo
The Honey Peach is still another
type that has so far given but little
satisfaction, though it hears occa-
sioaal!y: The fruit is 70 dead
sweet that tew like t.; there are
some who are very fond Of It;
would not advise planting more
than one or two trees.
Stanley. Climax, Early Cream,
Imperial. Kites Honey, l'allas are
all Of the Honey variety, Pallas be-
Ing the msst hardy and reliable, Of
medium size, red and salmon color,
fine: grained, with a rich vinous
aroma. Most Of the Northern
Chinese varieties succeed and are
desirable.
BEST VARIETIES.
Among the suitable varieties may
l'e mentioned the following for lati-
tude 50 to 81 degrees:
Alexander, q peach of fine flavor
and color, Of good form and large
size. Is desired ~ the earliest Of
all peaches q late bloomer and very
productive. Its principle fault Is
its tendency to fipen from the out
side, inwartlly to the center. It
must be left on the tree until thor
oughly ripe. Ripen from May 25
forward.
Rivers karly-FOF home use on
~, too tender to be marketed. AL
beautiful large straw colored peach
with red cheek. One of the surest |
peaches known to the horticulturist.
In seven successive years, in spite
Ut the hard trosts, has never tailed |
to produce satisfactory crops. 1t
ripens immediately after the Alex
ander peach.
Hynes' Surprise "A peach that
makes . fine show on the tree and
in the basket. Large size, and
crimson color, aud when ripe q per-
feet freest0ne. Ripens after Rivers
Early, or about June Is to %.
The Mountain R0se-Freestone.
Fair size, well colored, production
Of good quality and suitable for
any purpose ~ peach, BY which is
understood, suitable for canning,
evapOrating and marketing. Begins
ripening June 25th.
General Lee-Of the North Chi
nese varieties. The best Of all ia.
rOred cling stones.
St0newall Jackson -Ripens one
week later, and is q more snowy
md larger peach, but more liable
20 rot ON the tree. This rot may
,e prevented somewhat by thinning
nut the fruit before ripe when the
'ize Of hazel or hicokry nut.
Chinese.
Elberta-Without q doubt the
most desirable Of all varieties yet
,rown in the South. Quality. size
md color leave nothing to be de-
ired. A yellow-deshed freestone
4 Imposing appearance. In sea-
on about the middle Of July. China {
train.
C0lumbia-COlor hard to describe,
esh, deep yellow, streaked with I
Hood red veins. Hardy and sure,
In season from July 70
D August I'D. L
fcquit's Late-Freest0ne. Large I
elbow, productive; popular in a
Georgia and the pine belt generally.
Jones in season after Columbia. \
In the extreme South, peaches | j
ipeLing later than the above, usu-
lly lack flavor; il, however, it is
esired to prOlOng the season,
'0oils' October is rs desirable as
ny, being very good in favorable /,
sas0ns. Flesh, white and notified il
it'll red. A hardy and reliable 2
ing. 3
Baldwin's Late-A freestone, c
alive Of South Alabama, and the 3
test peach that will succeed this
U South.
Generally speaking, all peaches q
i'll mature earlier during . dry e
JASON than q wet one. ="
The foregoing varieties are . few p
the many which could be named, Al
II the writer has confined himanlfl