48 THE PEACH. 



lowish-white, marbled with red, with a deep red cheek when 

 fully exposed ; flesh deep red at the stone, tender, rich, excellent. 

 Season medium, or the first of autumn. Flower small. Succeeds 

 well in all localities, and has few equals as a variety for the 

 North, to succeed the early peaches. 



President. Large, roundish oval, with little suture; skin very 

 downy, yellowish-white, with a tinge of green, and a dull-red 

 cheek ; flesh nearly white, deep red at the stone, very juicy, and 

 with a high flavor ; stone rough, to which the flesh partially 

 adheres. Flowers small. Ripens a little later than Morris White, 

 or middle of September. 



Scott's Early Red. Medium size, roundish, suture distinct, moder- 

 ate; skin nearly white, mottled and covered with red ; flesh very 

 juicy, with a rich, fine flavor. Flowers small. Rather early, or 

 end of summer. New Jersey. 



Scott's Nectar. Large, roundish oblate; bright red on pale yellow; 

 flesh white, sweet, excellent. Early in September. 



Stetson's Seedling. Large, roundish, suture indistinct ; crimson on 

 greenish-white ; flesh white, pink at the stone, juicy, rich, excel- 

 lent. Last half of September. Massachusetts. 



Stump.* Large, slightly oblong, red cheek; flesh white, with an 

 excellent flavor; free from the stone. Flowers small. Ripens 

 middle of September, just after Oldmixon Free, which it re- 

 sembles in size, appearance, and flavor. Popular in the East. 

 New York. 



Sweetwater Early. (Downing.) Medium, roundish, suture slight ; 

 skin whitish, rarely with a faint blush ; flesh white, slightly 

 stained at stone , juicy, sweet, melting, agreeable. Ripens with 

 Tillotson and ferrate Early York. Flowers large. 



Troth's Early.* (Troth's Early Red.) Small, round, red; flesh 

 white, red at stone, not of first "quality, but esteemed as a valuable 

 early market variety ; freestone. Flowers small. Early in 

 August. New Jersey. 



Van Zandt. Size medium, roundish, one-half larger, suture slight ; 

 skin nearly white, with a beautifully dotted red cheek ; flesh 

 whitish, tinted with red at the stone ; juicy, sweet, of fine pleas- 

 ant flavor. First of autumn. Origin, Flushing, Long Island. 

 Flowers small. 



Walter's Early. Rather large, roundish ; surface nearly white, 

 with a rich red cheek ; flesh whitish, touched with red at the stone ; 

 juicy, sweet, of fine flavor. Ripens the last week of summer. 

 Flowers small. A native of New Jersey, and is a valuable peach 

 at the North. 



Ward's Late.* Large, not quite of the largest size, roundish ; 

 surface dull yellowish-white, with a red cheek, nearly the color 

 of the Oldmixon Free, but not so clear nor bright ; flesh nearly 

 white, of excellent flavor. One of the finest late peaches of the 

 Middle States. Flowers small. 



Washington. (Washington Red Freestone.) Large, somewhat 

 oblate, with a broad, deep suture passing nearly round ; skin thin, 



