38 THE PEACHES OF NEW YORK 



than Gerarde. John Parkinson (1567- 1650), another British herbaUst, 

 who also cultivated a famous garden in London, devotes a chapter to 

 the peach and another to the nectarine. These being short, and every' 

 word pertinent, we publish them in full: ' 



" The great white Peach is white on the outside as the meate is also, 

 and is a good well rellished fruit. 



" The small white Peach is all one with the greater, but differeth in 

 size. 



" The Carnation Peach is of three sorts, two are round, and the third 

 long; they are all of a whitish colour, shadowed over with red, and more 

 red on the side is next the sunne: the lesser round is the more common, 

 and the later ripe. 



" The grand Carnation Peach is like the former round Peach, but 

 greater, and is as late ripe, that is, in the beginning of September. 



" The red Peach is an exceeding well rellished fruit. 



" The russet Peach is one of the most ordinary Peaches in the King- 

 dome, being of a russet colour on the outside, and but of a reasonable rellish, 

 farre meaner then many other. 



" The Island Peach is a faire Peach, and of a very good rellish. 



" The Newington Peach is a very good Peach, and of an excellent 

 good rellish, being of a whitish greene colour on the outside, yet halfe 

 reddish, and is ripe about Bartholmew tide. 



" The yellow Peach is of a deepe yellow colour; there be hereof divers 

 sorts, some good and some bad. 



"The St. James Peach is the same with the Queenes Peach, here 

 belowe set downe, although some would make them differing. 



" The Melocotone Peach is a yellow faire Peach, but differing from 

 the former yellow both in forme and taste, in that this hath a small crooked 

 end or point for the most part, it is ripe before them, and better rellished 

 then any of them. 



" The Peach du Troas is a long and great whitish yellow Peach, red 

 on the outside, early ripe, and is another kinde of Nutmeg Peach. 



" The Queenes Peach is a faire great yellowish browne Peach, shadowed 

 as it were over with deepe red, and is ripe at Bartholmew tide, of a very 

 pleasant good taste. 



" The Romane Peach is a very good Peach, and well rellished. 



" The Durasme or Spanish Peach is of a darke yellowish red colour 

 on the outside, and white within. 



" The blacke Peach is a great large Peach, of a very darke browne colovir 

 on the outside, it is of a waterish taste, and late ripe. 



" The Alberza Peach is late ripe, and of a reasonable good taste. 



Parkinson Par. Ter. 580, 582. 1629. 



