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Fruit medium oval ; sutiire slight, ending a little beyond the apex, 

 which is a small point; skin deep yellow, sliaded with dark i"ed, often 

 dark spots or blotches of" bi-o\vnish red whei-e exposed ; llesh deep yel- 

 low, red at the stone, moderately juicy, half melting, sweet, vinous; 

 separates freely from the stone, which is rather small ; ripens the last oi 

 September and first of October. 



Honeywell. 



A new variety, raised by John Honeywell, Handolph, Ohio ; a hand- 

 some early peach, i-ipcning a week or two before Hale's Early, and 

 growing here last season side by side with Alexandex-'s Early was two 

 or three days eai'lier ; tree is vigorous and })roductive, and promises to 

 be valuable ; leaves without glands, flowers large. 



Fruit medium, nearly globular, a little flattened ; suture slight, rather 

 shallow, extending a little beyond the apex, which is small ; skin green- 

 ish white, nearly covered with light and dark rich red ; reddish purjjle 

 where fully exposed ; flesh whitish, juicy, half melting, sweet, slightly 

 vinous and very good ; adheres slightly to the stone, which is small and 

 not stained. 



Mks. Brett. 



A chance seedling in the garden of Mrs. Maria Brett, Newburgh, 

 N. Y, ; tree vigorous, productive ; glands reniform ; flowers small ; 

 glands globose. 



Fruit medium, roundish ; suture broad and shallow, extending a little 

 beyond the apex, which is a small swollen point ; skin whitish, shaded 

 with dark rich red where fully exposed ; flesh white, red at the stone ; 

 juicy, melting, sweet and rich ; free stone. 



Muscogee. 



A variety of the Columbia, raised by J. C. Cook, Cohimbia, Georgia ; 

 the tree much resembles the Columbia in all its parts ; flowers small. 



Fruit large, roundish, slightly depressed; suture rather broad and 

 distinct, extending a little beyond the apex, which is a small point ; 

 skin downy, dull yellow, more or less striped, splashed or mottled with 

 dull or brownish red ; the splashes vary in form and size ; flesh whitish, 

 a little coarse, sometimes a little stained and veined with red ; juicy, 

 sweet, slightly vinous ; free stone, which is nearly round and of medium 

 size. Ripens at the South the first of August, and a month later at 

 the North. 



Nix's Late White. 



Origin said to be Newtown County, Georgia ; tree vigorous, produc- 

 tive, and ripens a week or two later than Heathcling ; leaves with reni- 

 form glands ; flowers large. 



Fruit large, roundish, inclining to oblong ; suture medium, extending 



