AMYGDALACE^. II. Persica. 



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and red, ripening in October. In a good season this is one of 

 the very best late clingstone peaches. 

 l\ Incomparable J pavie admirable. 



Flowers sniall. Fruit large, pale yellow and red, ri- 



Leaves with reniform 



glands. 



pening about the beginning of October. It is a larger sort than 



the Catharine^ but not so good. 



12 Lemon clingstone. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers 

 small. Fruit large, yellow and red. Flesh yellow, like that of 

 the two following; all three are esteemed in America for sweet- 

 All ripen about the end of September. 



Leaves with globose glands. 

 Fruit large, yellow and dark red. A second- 



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cling'Stone. 25 Fuller's galande. Leaves with globose glands. 

 Flowers small. 26 New galande. 27 De Gloria. 28 Grande* 

 ville. Leaves without glands. Flowers large. ^9 Grande mo* 



Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers small. 



narque. 



Grosse de Vitry, 31 Langier. 82 Large early, 

 pie, pourpree tardive. 34 Gouglis late red. 

 3Q Limon. 



37 Mammoth^ sachamoona. 



SO 



33 Latepur* 



35 Jjargest lemon. 



Leaves 



meats. 



13 Hoyte's lemon clingstone. 

 Flowers small. ^ 

 rate sort. 



14 Kennedy's lemon clingstone. 

 Flowers small. Fruit large, yellow and red. Kennedy s Caro- 

 lina cling stone t pine-apple clingstone j pine-apple ^ large yellow 

 pine-apple J redmallacoton. 



15 Old 



40 Mignonne kdtive. 



mignonne. 



Leaves with reniform glands. 



New York white clingstone. 



Newington^ 

 Flowers large. 



New in g 



Leaves without glands. 



the middle of September. 



Fruit large, pale green and red, ripening about 



Very good as a clingstone peach. 



Leaves 



o ' Newt ^ 

 without glands. Flowers large. Fruit middle-sized, pale green 



red. A second-rate sort, ripening about the end of August. 

 1 / Newington of ^ ' ' 

 Flowers small. 



Leaves w^ith globose glands. 



Fruit large, pale yellovV and dark red, ripening 

 about the end of September. Unw orthy of cultivation. 

 18 Pavte de Pompone, pavie de Pompone grosse, monstrous ripe, 70 New white rare-ripe, 71 Ronde de Vallabreqttcs, 72 



38 Cobb's mignonne. 

 Leaves with globose glands. 39 Earliest mignonne, 

 with globose glands. Flowers small. 



Leaves with globose glands. Flowers small. 41 Large-fruited 

 mignonne. Leaves without glands. Flowers large. 42 Purple 



43 Royal mignonne, 44 TVoburn early mignonne* 

 Leaves without glands. F'lowers large. 45 Morris's red free- 

 stone. 46 Morris's white free-stone, 47 New cut-leaved, 48 



49 New serrated. 50 Early no- 

 blesse, 51 Noblesse of Oatlands, Leaves without glands. 

 Flowers large. 



noblesse, 54 Early yellow nutmeg, 55 Period's early nut- 

 mesr, 56 Oldmixon, 57 Pavie, Leaves with globose glands. 



59 Pavie jnnne, 60 

 Philadelphia free- stone, 61 PoriRoyaL Leaves without glands. 



62 Pourpree grosse, 63 Pourpree hdtive, early 

 avant of some. 64 Veritable pourpree hdtive, du vhi, early pur- 

 plcy true early purple, Q5 La pourpree, pourpree tardive of the 

 French. 66 Queen Caroline, 67 Ramboutlet, Rambull'ion (Lang. t. 

 33.) a free-stone peach. 68 Red rare-ripe, 69 JVhite rare- 



52 Seedling noblesse. 



53 Pitmaston seedling 



Flowers large. 



Flowers large. 



58 Pavie de Jalagnier, 



of 



^nstrueux, pavie rouge de Pomjmne^ pavie rouge, pavie camu. 



with renifornn trlanrls Flowers large. Fruit large, 



Saint Fagus, 73 Sayiguinole, bloodyj Balterave, drusette. 



Flesh 



Leaves with reniform 

 yellow and dark red. 



glands. 



A second-rate sort, ripening middle and 

 end of October, but will not ripen, unless in a warm season and 

 good situation. 



Fersique^ perseque^ gros perseque, perseque allongee. 



like red beet, used for preserves, as are also other varieties ofsa7i- 



guinole, 74 Scarlet Anne, Leaves without glands. Flow^ers large. 



77 Tein-doux. 



75 De Sernach, 



rente ronde. 



76 Superb. 

 79 Grosse violette hdtive. 



J-eaves with reniform glands. Flowers ^small. 

 . and red, ripening in October, 

 situation. A second-rate sort. 



glands. Flowers small- 

 82 IVilUams's New York, 



80 



83 



Washington. 

 Witham's seedling. 



78 Trans pa- 

 Leaves with globose 



81 Wellington. 

 Leaves with- 



Fruit large, yel- out glands. Flowers large. 84 Yellow i^each. 



Requires a warm soil and 



Culture of the peach in the open air. 



Selection of sorts, Abercrombie says, ** except the situation 



be completely favourable as to climate, aspect, and shelter, for- 



adherente. Leaves with reniform bear to plant very early or extreme late fruit, for frost will 



20 Portugal, Alberge of some. Leaves with reniform elands. 

 I'lowers small. " 



* , Fruit large, pale yellow and red. A white- 



neshed late clingstone^ ripening about the end of September. 



^1 Sanguinole a chair 

 glands. Flowers large. Fruit middle-sized, dark red, ripening 

 about the end of October. 



22 lonbndge. Leaves with globose glands. Fl 

 j/^'^^'^i^Jle-sized, yellow and dark red. A hardy 



"^iiV *^^ ^""^ ""^ September. 



Washington clingstone. Leaves with reniform glands. 



red ^^A ^^ Fruit middle-sized, pale yellow, greenish and 



• An useless sort, ripening about the middle of September. 



«.^ if ^^^''^^ wo/ well hnown, but none of them are prohabhi 

 ^^^^h notice. "^ r j 



jau ^^^^^^ admirable, dragon. 2 Aster's, 3 Avant piche 

 ^air^ A -S^arV early. Bear's early avant. 5 Belle de Beau- 

 ^totJ T ^^^^ chevreuse, chevreuse, early chevreuse. A free- 

 BelUjTv^^'^^ with reniform glands. 7 Belle Tellemont, 8 



small. ' 



almost invariably cut off tlie former, when blossoming and set- 

 ting, and the latter will hardly ripen under the declining heat of 

 Flowers small. autumn." The peaches proper for a small garden, according to 

 sort, ripen- Forsyth, are ; the early avant, small mignonne, Anne, Royal 



George, Royal Kensington, noblesse, early Newington, Galande, 

 early purple, chancellor, nivette, Catharine, and late Newington. 

 The peaches in the duke of Buccleuch's garden at Dalkeith, and 

 which ripen in the order in which they are placed, are as follows ; 

 those marked -f are planted against a hot wall. 1 Early nutmeg, 

 2 Early Anne, 3 Red Magdalene, 4 Royal George. 5 Grim- 

 wood's Royal George, 6 Noblesse. 7 Galandej. 8 Belle- 



gard \, 9 Montauban f. 



10 Miller's mignonf, 



13 



11 Smith's 



early Newington +. 12 Chancellor f. 



Propagating to procure new varieties, 

 from the stone ; 



White Magdalene, 

 Tlic peach is raised 



and this mode is pursued in North America, 



^y of Duhamel. Late admirable, bellis, admirable even for procuring trees for common purp 



The peaches 



9 Early B our dine. Leaves without glands. Flowers c^iXed, Acton- Scot and Spring-grove were thus originated; the 

 P ., ^^ Bourdine royale. 11 BurchelVs early. 12 Bre^ parent trees were dwarfs planted in large pots; these being 

 U rl^^ ^^^J ^ free-stone peach. 13 Large early Burlington. 



^hancelfl 



16 Late chevreuse, chevreuse tardive, Pour^ only 3 peaches were suffered to remain on each tree ; and from 



CL^ -Mere, veritable chancelUere 5 srandes fleurs. 



"j^f^rcuse d'ltalie, 



or J. f^^ Cothelstone's seedling. 18 Double swalsh, swalze, 

 ^olze, swalch, Dutch. 



83 £^^' 21 Early de Tours. " 22 Edgars late melting. 



^P^T^or of Russia, serrated, unique. «4 Favorite large red 



brought into a state of vigorous health, the pistils oi the blos- 

 15 soms of one sort were impregnated with the pollen of another ; 



19 Early red clingstone, 20 Early 



sowing the atones of these the above-mentioned peaches and 

 other varieties were produced; the male parent of the latter 

 was the large French mignon, and the female the little red 

 nutmeg, which choice is consistent with the general principle, 



