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flesh greenish white, very tender and melting, exceedingly 

 juicy, with the richest, highest, and most luscious flavor, sur- 

 passed by no other variety. It adheres closely to the stone. 

 It ripens in September and October, and frequently keeps 

 a month after being gathered. Flowers small. 



50. Monstrous Pavie. — Bon.^ Jard.^ Lelicur, Thomp.^ 

 Coles, Dotvn. 



This is an old French variety of many names. It is not 

 esteemed at the North except on account of its size- It will 

 not ripen north of Philadelphia unless protected by walls, and 

 is especially a southern fruit. This is perhaps synonymous 

 with the Monstrous Cling of the West. It is a vert/ late peach, 

 of good flavor in the South, but rather coarse and wanting 

 flavor at the North. Its extremely large size and showy ap- 

 pearance render it quite salable. 



Leaves with reniform glands ; fruit extremely large, round- 

 ish, oval, with a well marked suture extending to the top, and 

 terminating there in an obtruse swollen point ; skin yellowish 

 white, a good deal covered with the broad very deep red color 

 of its cheek ; flesh firm, yellowish white, deep red at the 

 stone, to which it adheres very firmly, and which is very 

 small. Juicy, good flavor, beautiful ; flowers large. No 

 amateur peach grower should fail to procure this variety for 

 his orchard or garden. This splendid peach matures the last 

 of October in the Middle States ; middle of October in Vir- 

 ginia and North Carolina, and is especially adapted to the 

 southern part of the Western States and farther South. 



51. Large White Cling. — Floy. Down. 



This is the most popular cling-stone peach of the North — 

 said to be superior in that climate to the Catharine and Old 

 Newington, and only inferior in flavor to the Heath and Old 

 Mixon Clings. It is a native of New York, and was first in- 

 troduced by Floy as the New York Chng-stone. This is the 

 great favorite for preserving in brandy or sugar. The tree is 

 said to be remarkably hardy and long lived and seldom attack- 

 ed by the Yellows. 



Leaves with globose glands ; fruit large, round ; the suture 

 slight, and the swollen point at the top small ; skin white, in- 

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