224 PEACHES. 



sun a small point on the blossom end rjuicy and 

 finely flavoured ripens in August* 



23. YELLOW PRESERVING PEACH. 



A small clearstone peach, the skin a greenish yel- 

 low ; the flesh of the same colour ; dry, and without 

 much flavour the real preserving peach is without a 

 tinge of red on the skin or near the stone. It ripens in 

 September. 



24. LARGE YELLOW PINE APPLE. 



Sometimes called Kennedys Carolina clingstone ; 

 is a very large rich peach, of an oblong form, pointed 

 at the blossom end the skin a dark yellow, with a 

 brownish red cheek the flesh very yellow and rich; 

 of a very sprightly taste, sometimes inclining to too 

 much acidity ; the part next the stone highly tinged* 

 with red it ripens in September. (Jig. 8.) 



25. HILLS MADEIRA. 



Is a very large clearstone peach, raised by the late 

 Henry Hill Esq. of Philadelphia, from a stone brought 



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