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effectually tlcraoustrated its futility. Mr. Alexander says: "The fairest state- 

 KTent I can make of the time of ripening of each is July 20th for Alexander, 

 and August 10th for the Hale's Early." It should be stated that this is in 

 latitude 40°. 



In the absence of any distinct description of the fruit we can only say that 

 it is represented as a large, brilliantly colored, pale-fleshed peach, of vinous 

 flavor, and partially adhering to the stone. Tree vigorous, foliage with 

 globose glands, flowers large ; season, for Michigan, yet uncertain. 



The original tree is reported to have recently died from the operations of the 

 peach-tree borer. 



AMSDEN'S JUNE. 



While we were endeavoring to accommodate our preconceived notions to the 

 possibility of having acquired a peach three weeks in advance of Hale's Early ; 

 a voice conies up from the remote regions of Missouri, heralding the advent of 

 vet another early peach of the same wonderful precocity as compared witk 

 'Hale's Early, and Ave are challenged to accept the apparently extravagant claim, 

 upon the faith of certificates irom such pomologists as Charles Downing, 

 Patrick Barry, J. J. Thomas, John A. Warder, Thomas Meehan, and others, 

 to, whom specimens of the fruit, and also of Hale's Early, grown beside it, had 

 been sent for examination and comparison, and whose unqualified endorsement 

 of the fruit, as to size, quality, beauty, and earliness, must be supposed to dis- 

 sipate all doubt as to these points, so far as the original locality (latitude 37'') 

 is, concerned. How far this extraordinary precocity and high quality will be 

 maintained, in the climate and soils of Michigan is, of course, to some extent 

 an uncertain matter; but trees are being distributed among the planters of 

 the State, and hence the problem will soon be in process of solution. The 

 ©riginal tree, as stated by the introducer, is an accidental seedling, and first 

 fruited in 1872, and it was budded upon a quantity of young thrifty stocks th« 

 same season, which also bore fruit in 1874, fully sustaining its earlier promise. 

 The originator describes it as fdllows: 



"Fruit medium size; decidedly larger than Hale's Early; roundiab, a little flattened; 

 ■with a slight suture; colored, beautifully shaded, and mottled very dark red, nearly cover- 

 ing the greenish white ground ; flesh white or greenish white, rather firm until fully ripe, 

 becoming tender, juicy, melting, sweet and delicious; freestone, but the flesh adheres 

 somewhat to the small stone ; fruit remarkably fragrant : flowers large ; leares with 

 globose glands ; tree vigorous, hardy and very productive." 



To the above is added the endorsement of the Jasper county, Mo., Horticul- 

 tural Society; and also of the County Grange of Patrons of Husbandry. 



The originator further writes us that he has another seedling, originating at 

 the same time with the preceding, but fruiting a year later, which, he thinks, 

 will prove yet a little earlier, and of very similar quality ; of this, however, w« 

 are inclined to await the proof, before indulging in sanguine anticipations. 



Besides the varieties already noticed, there are numerous others of more ©r 

 less apparent promise, though few if any of them seem possessed of qualities 

 especially valuable to Michigan planters. 



