NOTE3 ON PEACHES. 47 



of its season. It is sajd to have been raised from a stone of a Dutch 

 nectarine, called Grand Noir, and has a peculiarly delicious flavor. \\ hi 

 Melocoton is a large, handsome peach, juicy, melting, and of good quality. 

 Carmine has no flavor, and should therefore be rejected. Red 

 Melocoton and Mammoth Melocoton are fine, yellow-fleshed peac/ 

 Raymacker's resembles Crawford's Late, and does not seem to be any 11 

 provement upon it. 



^Member 26. Van Buren's Golden Dwarf is a large yellow peach, re- 

 sembling Crawford's Late. It is a clingstone. The tree is of dwarf habit 

 and very prolific. Princess of Wales, raised by Mr. Rivers from seed of 

 Pavie de Pompone, is a beautiful cream-colored peach, melting and ot good 

 flavor valuable on account of its lateness. Crawford's Late continues to 

 be valued as a late peach. Pool's Large Yellow, ripe at same time is a 

 verv larae yellow peach. The flesh is finer than that of Crawford s Late 

 and from what I have seen of this variety, I think it deserves a good deal 

 of attention. It seems quite an improvement on Crawford's Late, 

 bearing qualities I am not able to judge. 



September 27. Lord Palmerston, another of Mr. Rivers' fine seedlings, 

 raised from the Princess of Wales, is very large, skin creamy white, with a 

 pink cheek ; flesh fine, juicy and rich, stained with red at the stone. It 

 deserves careful trial, as it promises to be of great value to succeed Craw- 

 ford's Late. Ward's Late Free is a desirable white-fleshed variety, 

 flavor is excellent. Druid Hill, raised in Baltimore, has an exceedingly 

 pleasant flavor. I should not hesitate to rank it among the best of peaches. 

 It has an additional value in ripening so late, and it surpasses Ward's Late 

 Free in flavor. Walburton Admirable is large, juicy and delicious: a first- 

 class peach in every respect. Heath Free is a choice late peach. McClane's 

 White does not equal it in flavor. Carpenter's White is very good, and 

 merits attention. 



October 2 Lady Palmerston will be valuable further south, but is too. 

 late for this locality. This remark applies equally well to Smock Free, 

 Salway, Temple White. De Grauw's White, Delaney Heath Cling, Jersey, 

 Comet and Jones' Seedling. Some of these in such exceptional seasons as 

 that of 1880 ripen here pretty well. 



A few trees did not produce fruit. This will account for the absence of 

 some kinds from the list. 



Several varieties of the very early peaches show a disposition to decay, 

 and theii value is greatly lessened by this defect. Another year's trial will 

 establish to a certainty the advantages which some sorts possess over others 

 in this respect. As will be seen from these notes, several old peaches which 

 have been neglected of late have been found to possess qualities which well 

 merit attention. We expect next year to fruit the following : Saunders. 

 Wilder, Musser, Conkling, Mrs. Brett, Bradley, Honeywell, Governor Gar- 

 land, etc. Mr. Myers says that Saunders is not quite so large as Alexander, 

 but has fine color and is entirely free from rot. The tree is very produc- 

 tive, and ripens its fruit a few days after Alexander. Downing ripens with 

 Alexander and Amsden, and is of medium size, and free from rot. Wilder, 

 of same season as Alexander and Amsden, decays like these varieties. 



This collection of peaches has been the most interesting that I have had 

 the pleasure of examining. I hope that other fruit growers will favor us with 

 the results of their experiments, so that we may assist each other in deter- 

 mining which kinds to keep and which to reject. 



