608 the peach. 



Duff Yellow. 



Glands globose. Flowers small. An excellent early mai-ket Peach 

 Fruit very large, round, with a sharp point. Skin yellow, with a 

 red cheek. Flesh yellow, juicy, and pretty well flavored, a little acid, 

 red at the stone. Clingstone. Ripens early in July. (P. J. B., MS.) 



DUPERRON. 



A seedling of M. Duperron. Promises of value. Leaves with glo- 

 bose glands. Flowers small. 



Fruit large to very large, roundish, depressed at end. Suture shal- 

 low. Skin downy, golden yellow, more or less washed with pale red. 

 Flesh yellow. Clingstone. October. 



Dwarf Orleans. 

 Italian Dwarf. 



This variety, introduced many years since, and described by Wm. 

 Prince, in 1828, has recently been brought out anew under the name of 

 Italian Dwarf. It forma a diminutive tree of about two feet in height, 

 is a slow grower, with short-jointed wood, snited as a cui'iosity for pot- 

 growing. Leaves long. Flowers large. 



The fruit is nearly as lai-ge as the Nutmeg Peach. White flesh, 

 juicy. Freestone. 



Early Admirable. 

 Admirable. Belle de Vitry. L' Admirable. 



A very excellent French Peach, wrongly kno^\^l by many in this 

 country as the Belle de Vitry, which is a distinct variety. We find it 

 early, and very prolific. Leaves with globose glands. Flowers large. 



Fruit not quite round. Skin pale yellowish white, with a lively red 

 cheek. Flesh red next the stone, melting, and jvdcy, with a good, lich, 

 sweet flavor. Middle of August. 



Early Albert. 



An early Peach raised by Thomas Rivers, of England. Glands glo- 

 bose. Flowers small. 



Fruit above medium, roundish, frequently one side of suture higher 

 than the other, pitted at apex Skin greenish yellow, shaded with deep 

 crimson. Flesh white, tender, melting, vnih a faint brick red tinge next 

 the stone, rich juicy. Freestone. Last of July. (Hogg.) 



Early Alfred. 



Raised by Thomas Rivers, from seed of Hunt's Ta%vny Nectarine. 

 Glands globose. Flowers large. 



Fruit rather large, marked with a deep siiture. Skin straw-color, 

 mottled with crimson in the sun. Flesh white, melting, vinous, rich. 

 Early August. (Hogg.) 



