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fruit is esteemed as the very best and most productive of 

 all the earliest peaches. It will ripen here at the 25th of 

 August. 



8. *EARLY CRAWFORD. 



Very large and handsome ; oblong ; pale yellow in the 

 shade ; deep red next the sun ; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet ; 

 relieved by an acid, very rich and excellent ; the tree a 

 great bearer. A new variety, which was received from 

 Mr. Beers. It was originated by William Crawford, Esq., 

 of Middletown, New Jersey. It is there esteemed as the 

 very best of all early peaches, the most productive ana 

 profitable. It will here ripen the 25th of August. The 

 tree bears sufficiently full to allow the fruit to grow large. 



9. *COOLEDGE'S FAVORITE. 



COOLEDGE'S EARLY RED RARERIPE. 



The tree is vigorous and most extraordinary productive. 

 A large, very handsome, globular fruit ; pale in the shade, 

 but of a fine red or crimson next the sun ; very melting, 

 juicy, sweet, and of a vinous flavor. This fruit ripens 

 very early, soon after the Early Anne, and is esteemed a 

 first-rate fruit by the cultivators for the markets of Boston. 

 It was originated by the late Mr. Joshua Cooledge, of Wa- 

 tertown, Massachusetts. 



10. *EARLY RED RARERIPE. 



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. A very valuable early fruit, and 

 deserves to be recommended. 

 U. *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. 

 12. *EARLY ROBINSON CRUSOE. 



Large, round, and very handsome ; pale in the shade ; 

 pale red next the sun ; very juicy, sweet, and delicious. A 

 very first-rate fruit, and add to this, the tree bears very ex- 

 traordinary crops. It ripens the 10th of September. This 

 superior new fruit, which I received of Colonel Carr, was 

 raised by Dr. Coxe, of Philadelphia, from a stone brought 



