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2. Early Purple. 



" One of the most beautiful of peaches ; enconr 

 passed by a middling suture ; of a globular form 

 flattened at the base ; its height twentysix lines. 

 Flowers large, and brighter than those of the Grosse 

 Mignonne ; the fruit large and of a deeper red ; the 

 flesh equally melting and fine, vinous and high fla- 

 vored. August." 



3. Early Royal George. 



" A very large, handsome, and superior fruit, of a 

 globular form ; of a yellow color in the shade, but 

 of a fine deep red next the sun ; the flesh melting, 

 juicy, saccharine, vinous, and most excellent. It 

 ripens in August, and is one of the very best of all, 

 peaches, and a most productive kind." 



4. Early Red Rareripe of Rhodes. 

 " The fruit is large, of a deep red color, which 

 covers most of its surface ; of a globular form ; the 

 flesh stained to the stone with red ; melting, juicy, 

 rich, slightly acid, vinous, and excellent. An ex- 

 cellent fruit, and deserves to be recommended." 



5. Red Rareripe. 



" The leaf of this tree is smooth and without ser- 

 ratures ; the fruit is large, its suture deep, covered 

 with minute specs or dots of red in the shade, but of 

 a red color next the sun. This peach is decidedly 

 one of the very best of all peaches. It ripens soon 

 after the nutmeg peach, and the tree is not liable to 

 overbear. Early in August." 



