The following note is from Mr. John H. Parnell, West Point, Georgia, under date August 1st, - the fruit reaching us in perfect condition on August 4th :

" I send you a crate of one of our best and newest variety of peach, the Elberta. It is a seedling of the Chinese cling, but is a freestone peach. They are from my orchards near West Point".

This is of that excellent class which under the lead of Crawford's Early has made itself indispensable to the peach grower. This, like that, is a good solid heavy peach of rather better quality as regards flavor and juiciness than that popular variety. The exact value will of course have to be decided by an actual test with that kind. As we however believe it will be a variety of permanent merit, we give a drawing and description: Form, oblong oval; length, 3 inches; lateral circumference, 8¾ inches; weight, 6¾ oz.; form of suture, oblique; skin, golden yellow, deep red in the sun; flesh, yellow, solid; juicy; deep red round the stone; stone, lanceolate, very sharp pointed.