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JOSE SWEET. 



American. Flowers, small ; glands, globose ; fruit, medium, roundish, 

 broad ; suture, deep ; greenish white, dull red cheek, juicy, delicious fla 

 vor. Last September. Freestone. 



JONES EARLY. 



American. Glands, globose ; fruit, medium, roundish, yellowish white, 

 with pale red in sun ; flesh, yellowish white, red at stone, juicy. Middle 

 August. Freestone. (Hovey.) 



JONES LARGE EARLY. 



American. Glands, reniform ; fruit, large, roundish flattened ; suture, 

 deep ; greenish white with crimson cheek ; flesh, white, melting, pink at 

 stone. Middle August. Freestone. (Hovey.) 



INCOMPARABLE. 



Pavie Admirable, | Late Admirable Cling. 



Foreign. Valuable only for market. Trees, healthy, productive ; 

 flowers, small ; glands, reniform ; fruit, large, roundish, swelling a little 

 on one side, yellowish white, with red cheek ; flesh yellowish white, red 

 at stone, juicy. Late September. Clingstone. 



MONSTROUS CLINGSTONE. 



Pavie de Pompone, I Pavie Monstrueux, 



Monstrous Pompone, Pavie Rouge de Pompone, 



Monstrous Pavie, Pavie Camu, 



Pavie de Pomponne Grosse, | Gros Melocoton, 



Gros Persique Rouge. 



Foreign. A variety which succeeds finely in rich, deep soils, often of 

 very fine flavor, but apt to be deficient. Its very large size makes it sell 

 readily. Flowers, large ; glands, reniform ; fruit, very large, roundish 

 oval, swollen point at apex, obtuse ; suture, marked half round ; skin, 

 yellowish white, with red mostly overspreading it ; flesh, firm, yellowish 

 white, deep red at stone, juicy. Last October. Clingstone. 



MADEIRA. 



Hill s Madeira, | Madeira Freestone. 



American. A variety now littie known, and, we think, never much 

 out of southern Ohio. Fruit, large, roundish ; suture, well marked, not 

 deep ; yellow, with rich red cheek ; flesh, yellowish, rather firm, rich, 

 and, in warm seasons, sugary and delicious. Early September. Free 

 stone. 



MERRIAM. 



American. Glands, globose ; large, oval, light yellow, red cheek ; flesh, 

 yellow, red at stone, juicy, sweet. Last September. Freestone. (Cole.) 



MRS. POINSETT. 

 American. Origin in South Carolina. Glands, globose ; fruit, large, 



