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17. President. — P. Mag. Lind. Thomp. 



A fine variety. Fruit large, roundish oval, tlie suture 

 shallow. Skin very downy, pale yellowish green, Avith red 

 dull cheek, juicy, rich and high flavored ; stone very rough, 

 flowers small. Matures early in September. ((Jan be ob- 

 tained at both the Nurseries near Richmond) and at other 

 Nurseries in Virginia, and at Franklin Davis & Go's Nursery 

 at Goldsboro, North Carolina. 



18. Late Red Rare Ripe. — Doivning. 



This noble American fruit is unquestionably one of the very 

 finest of all peaches, even surpassing the Late Admirable. 

 Its large size, and great excellence ; its late maturity, and its 

 productiveness and vigor, all unite to recommeuJ it to uni- 

 versal favor. We cannot praise it too highly. The rather 

 grayish appearance of the fruit serves to distinguish it at first 

 sight from all others. 



Leaves with globose glands ; fruit large and heavy, round- 

 ish oval, suture depressed only at the top, where the swollen 

 point is distinctly sunken. Skin downy, pale grayish yellow, 

 thickly marbled and covered with reddish spots ; cheek dull 

 deep red, distinctly mottled with fawn-colored specks. Flesh 

 white, but deep red at the stone ; very juicy, melting, and of 

 an unusually rich, luscious flavor, not surpassed by any other 

 peach. Last of August to 1st of September. 



19. Royal Hexsixgtox (Grosse Mignonne) — 0. Duh., 

 Lind., TJiomp. 



The ''world-renowned" of peaches. Not only highly es- 

 teemed in France, its native country, but in England and 

 America. It is among the most popular and considered the 

 most superb peach in cultivation. The great number of 

 names by which it is known abroad, and we have only quoted 

 two of them, proves the universality of its cultivation. It is 

 a large and very handsome fruit ; is a great and regular bearer, 

 ripens well under glass, and will flourish even in unfarorable 

 climates. Leaves with globose glands. Fruit roundish, some- 

 what depressed, marked with a hollow suture or seam at the 

 top. Skin pale greenish yellow, mottled with red, with pur- 

 plish red cheek. Flesh yellowish white, marked with red at 



