194 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



fruit is very large, yellow while immature, but at maturity 

 a little laved with red next the sun ; the flesh firm, yellow, 

 with a little of the flavor of the apricot. Very late and fine. 



57. CARDINALE. N. Duh. PI. ccxxxvu. 



CARDINALE DE FURSTENBERG. Thompson. 



The fruit is medium-sized, flattened at its summit ; swoll- 

 en on one side of the suture ; the skin dull gray violet, very 

 downy and hoary ; the flesh marbled with violet red, but 

 slightly tinged with yellow next- the stone; not very juicy, 

 and deficient in flavor, in the climate of Paris, where it 

 ripens from the 10th to the 20th of October. In warmer 

 climates it is good, and in Italy excellent. A variety of 

 the Blood Peach, excellent for preserving. [Leaves S, 

 Flowers L. p.] 



58. DWARF ORLEANS. 

 PECHER NAIN. JV. Duh. PI. cccci. 



A singular and most diminutive tree. Flowers pale, 

 large, and from twelve to fifteen lines in diameter ; the 

 flesh juicy, and generally bitter. This very ordinary fruit 

 does not ripen till late, the middle of October. It is only 

 cultivated for curiosity ; and often cultivated in a pot, and 

 brought with its fruit to the table. [Leaves large, S.] 



59. *TETON DE VENUS. 



ROYALE. 



The tree is one of the most vigorous in its growth known, 

 and very productive. The fruit is large, of a pale yellow- 

 ish green in the shade, bright red, darkly marbled, next the 

 sun; form globular, a little lengthened ; it is encircled by a 

 broad, deep suture, terminating in a large, obtuse point at 

 its summit ; the flesh melting, of a greenish yellow, but at 

 the stone it is red ; and of a sweet and excellent flavor. It 

 ripens early in October. There are two or three varieties 

 bearing this name. This is the variety described in the 

 New Duhamel, and a most superior fruit. 



