624 THE PEACH. 



Morrisania, near New York. It is a good fruit, but its place has been 

 taken, of late, by other more popular sorts. Leaves with globose glands. 

 Flowers small. 



Fruit very large and heavy, nearly round. Skin dull greenish 

 white, with a broAvnish-red cheek. Flesh pale yellow, firm, juicy, 

 sugary, and rich in flavor. Ripens the middle and last of September. 

 Freestone. 



Morris's Red Rareripe. 

 Morris Red. Red Rareripe. Large Red Rareripe. 



This very popular and well-known American Peach has been jnstly 

 esteemed for its acknowledged good flavor, beauty, and productiveness. 

 Leaves with small globose glands. Flowers small. 



Fruit large, roundish, a little depressed at the top, with a moder- 

 ately well-marked suture. Skin fine pale gi'eenish white, a little 

 dotted, and with a lively, rich red cheek. Flesh pale greenish white, 

 quite red at the stone, very melting and jnicy, \\T.th a sweet and rich 

 flavor. Last of August. Freestone. 



Morris's White Rareripe. 



Morris's White. White Melocoton 



White Rareripe . Cole's White Melocoton. 



Luscious White Rareripe. Freestone Heath 



Lady Anu Steward. Morris's White Freestone. 



Morris's A^Hiite Rareripe, a native, is the most popular and well- 

 known white Peach, and is eveiywhere cultivated in this country, 

 either under tliis or some of the other names quoted above. It is 

 a rich fruit in a warm climate, but is not qiiite so high flavored at the 

 North or East. The tree is vigorous and healthy, alid bears fair crops. 

 In some sections tender and variable in quality. Leaves w'ith reniform 

 glands. Flowers small. 



Fruit rather large, oval. Suture only of moderate depth, swollen 

 point small. Skin rather downy, gi'eenish white on all sides at fii-st, 

 but white with a creamy tint when fiilly I'ipe, and, when fully exposed, 

 sometimes \\dth a slightly piirple cheek. Flesh white to the stone, a 

 little firm, melting juicy, sweet, and rich. Middle of September. 



Napoleon. 



Supposed to have originated near Macon, Ga. Glands reniform. 

 Flowers small. 



Fruit medium to large, round, very doMTiy. Skin almost darlj 

 red. Flesh pink, veined with led, jnicy, rich. Freestone. Ripens last 

 of July. (P. J. B., MS.) 



Nectarine Peach. 



Raised from stone of a Dutch Nectarine, by Thomas Rivers. Glanda 

 reniform. Flowers large. 



