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red near the stone, tender, melting, and richly flavoured. Middle 
and end of August. Glands round. A hardy and prolific 
variety, raised by Mr, Rivers. 
Desse Tardive, Flowers small. Fruit large, round, of a pale 
colour, slight red next the sun; flesh greenish-white, sweet and 
- rich. End of September and beginning of October. Glands 
round. One of the best late Peaches. 
Dr. Hogg. Flowers large. Fruit very large, round, pale yellow, 
tinged with crimson next the sun, and similarly dotted on the 
shaded side; flesh firm, yellowish-white, red at the stone, rich 
and sugary. Middle of August. Glands kidney-shaped. A 
remarkably vigorous-growing variety, which bears freely, but is 
not adapted for forcing; raised by Mr. Rivers. 
Dymond. Flowers large. Fruit very large, flattened at the 
summit, mottled red on the exposed side; flesh white, stained 
red near the stone, highly flavoured. Middle of September. 
Leaves glandless. 
Early Beatrice. Flowers large. Fruit medium, round; skin 
marbled, very highly-coloured where exposed; flesh nearly 
white, melting, juicy, and richly flavoured. Early in July, in an 
orchard-house, and outside at the end of that month. Glands 
small, kidney-shaped. One of the earliest sorts known; raised 
by Mr. Rivers, 
Early Rivers, Flowers large. Fruit large, pale yellow, with 
delicate, flesh-coloured dots on the exposed side; flesh pale, 
melting, remarkably rich and juicy. Middle of July, in an 
orchard-house. Glands kidney-shaped. A valuable, very early 
Peach ; it was raised by Mr. Rivers, who states that it is apt to 
Frack at the stone, when the fruit ceases to swell, and has no 
flavour. To obviate this cracking, he recommends that it should 
be fertilised with pollen from other flowers, as it is possible the 
immaturity arises from insufficient impregnation. 
Early Silver. Flowers large. Fruit very large and pale, with 
blush cheek next the sun; fiesh white, melting, and rich. 
Middle of August. Glands kidney-shaped. Requires a warm 
position and favoured situation. Raised by Mr. Rivers from 
3 of the WHITE Nectarine, the flavour of which it partially 
retains, 
Exquisite, Flowers small. Fruit very large, deep yellow, with 
dark crimson cheek ; flesh yellow, stained with deep red at the 
stone, rich, and melting. Middle of September. Glands round. 
A fine-flavoured American sort, of immense size. 
Golden Eagle, Flowers small. Fruit very large, round, de- 
poop orange-colour, with some red on the exposed side; 
esh stained red near the stone, tender, rich, and melting. 
End of September or early in October. Glands kidney-shaped. 
One of the best yellow Peaches; raised by Mr. Rivers. 
Goshawk, Flowers large. Beginning of September. Leaves 
serrate, glandless. A very large, pale-coloured, mid-season 
Peach, raised from an American sort, named COOLEDGE’s 
FAVOURITE ; it is of excellent quality. 
Grosse Mignonne, Flowers deep red, large. Fruit large, 
somewhat hollowed at the summit, and furnished with a deep 
suture, which appears to divide it into two parts; skin downy, 
pale yellow, mottled with red, dark red next the sun; flesh 
pale yellow, red near the stone, juicy, rich, and highly flavoured ; 
stone small, rough. End of August and beginning of September. 
Glands round. This splendid mid-season Peach is one of the 
best in cultivation, either for forcing or for any purpose, if only 
one sort were required. It has been grown for a very long 
period, and twenty. or more varieties, sent out at various times 
as being new, have eventually been found to be identical with 
it. This may be accounted for to a great extent from its being 
one of the most highly-esteemed sorts, and from the fact that it 
reproduces itself from seed. 
Hale’s Early. Flowers large. 
at the summit; skin dark crimson, particularly next the sun ; 
flesh yellow, melting, and very good. End of July or beginning 
of August. Glands round. A first-rate, very early Peach, of 
American origin ; well adapted for forcing. 
Late Admirable. Flowers pale red, small. Fruit very large, 
somewhat oblong, with swollen nipple at the apex; skin downy, 
dull crimson, striped, deeper crimson next the sun; flesh 
yellowish-green, red near the stone, very juicy, of delicate 
Fruit medium, round, depressed 
flavour. Middle or end of September. Glands round. One 
of the best late Peaches, particularly under glass. 
Noblesse. Flowers large. Fruit large, sometimes rather pointed, 
sometimes depressed, yellowish-green on the shaded side, deli- 
cately marbled, and streaked with red on the side next the sun; 
flesh white almost throughout, melting, exceedingly juicy and 
rich. End of August and beginning of September. Leaves 
glandless. A most valuable variety, which may be successfully 
forced, but the tree is sometimes subject to mildew. 
Princess of Wales. Flowers very large. Fruit very large, 
rounded, terminated by a prominent nipple; skin cream- 
coloured when ripe, with rosy cheek; flesh yellowish, red at 
the stone, of excellent quality. End of September and beginnin, 
of October. Glands round. A very valuable late Peach, r: 
by Mr. Rivers from a Clingstone variety, named PAVIE DE 
Fonroxk, worthless in this country. 
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Rivers’ Early York. Flowers large. Fruit mediu arbled 
with red on the shady side, dee weet wie poner rap 
greenish-white, melting, and auh flavoured. Beginning and 
middle of August. Leaves smooth; glands round. A variety 
raised by Mr. Rivers from the old EARLY YORK, on which it 
is an improvement, inasmuch as the tree escapes mildew much 
better, and generally produces a good crop. Tt is well adapted 
for forcing. 
Royal George. Flowers dull red, small, Fruit e, globular ; 
skin downy, deep red next the sun, dotted on 3 : 
flesh yellowish-white, red near the stone, juicy, rich, and ex- 
cellent, End of August and beginning of September. Leaves 
glandless. One of the best-known ent most highly-esteemed 
sorts. It forces well, but the tree is subject to mildew. 
Sea Eagle. Flowers large. Fruit very large, round, lemon- 
yellow, deep red on the exposed side; 8 stained red 
near the stone, highly flavoured. End of September. Glands 
round. One of the best late Peaches; raised by Mr. Rivers 
from the variety named EARLY SILVER. i 
Stirling Castle. Flowers small. Fruit medium, roundis 
pale coloured, marbled red where exposed; “flesh white 
melting, and rich. Beginning of September. Leaves glandless. 
A hardy sort, 
The Nectarine Peach. Flowers large. Fruit very large, 
pointed; skin nearly smooth, like a Nectarine, yellow, mott. 
red on the exposed side; flesh brisk and richly flavoured. 
Middle and end of September. Glands small, kidney-shaped. 
A first-rate late variety, raised by Mr. Rivers from a seed of a 
Dutch Nectarine, called LE GRAND Noir. 
Walburton Admirable. Flowers small. Fruit large, round, 
yellowish-green where shaded, crimson-mottled, with a darker 
colour where exposed; flesh yellowish-white, juicy, and rich. 
End of September and beginning of October. Glands round 
A very valuable late Peach. 
Funet. The most noteworthy Fungus parasitic on the 
Peach is Exoascus deformans. This causes one form of 
Peach Curl, or Peach Blister, so called ftom the appear- 
ance it gives rise to in the leaves, The other form of 
Peach Blister is caused by Aphides, and may be recog- 
nised by the presence of those insects, and by the red 
colour of the diseased leaves. E. deformans makes its 
presence manifest by the appearance of the leaves, and 
by a pale bloom, visible chiefiy on the lower surface. 
The microscope shows that this bloom is due to the 
presence, all over the leaf, of innumerable erect, slender 
cells, containing spores, and each supported on a shorter 
cell. The Cherry, the Gean, and the Plum, are also liable 
to suffer through attacks of this Fungus; but in these 
trees it gives rise to the so-called witch-knots, or short 
branches arising in a crowded mass, the leaves and twigs 
of which show the bloom of the Fungus at certain times 
of the year. The leaves covered with E. deformans wither 
and fall off prematurely; and even while on the tree, 
they cease to be of use to the host-plant. Besides this, 
the tissues of the host are diseased by the Fungus, and 
it reappears year after year on the same branch system. 
The only remedy is to cut off and destroy the diseased 
branches and leaves. 
Spherotheca pannosa, a mildew, is of frequent occur- 
rence on the Peach. It forms a dense, greenish coat over 
the parts affected, living on the outer surface of the cells 
of the host-plant. Flowers of sulphur, or the solution 
of potassium sulphide, is the most effectual cure for 
this disease. See Mildew. 
Certain small pale spots may, at times, be observed on 
Peach leaves, the work of small species of Fungi, named 
Cercospora Persice and C. circwmscissa. The injury 
done by them is too slight to call for a longer notice 
here. 
Insect Pests. The Peach-tree is liable to injury from 
insect operations in several ways, but only those of more 
frequent occurrence need be specified. A small moth 
(Anarsia lineatella) destroys from two to several inches 
at the tips of the branches, by its larvee boring into 
them, and eating the pith from them in spring and early 
summer; while the larvæ of an autumn brood eat into 
the fruits while on the trees. This insect belongs to the. 
Tineina (see Moths), but is larger than the average 
of that group, reaching a span of nearly ‘in. across the 
front wings, which are grey, with darker grey markings. 
