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red near the stone, tender, melting, and richly flavoured. Middle 

 and end of August. Glands round. A hardy and prolific 

 variety, raised by Mr. Rivers. 



Desse Tardive. Flowers smalL Fruit large, round, of a pale 

 colour, slight red next the sun ; flesh greenish- white, sweet and 

 rich. End of September and beginning of October. Glands 

 round. One of the best late Peaches. 



Dr. Hogg. Flowers large. Fruit very large, round, pale yellow, 

 tinged with crimson next the sun, and similarly dotted on the 

 shaded side ; flesh firm, yellowish-white, red at the stone, rich 

 and sugary. Middle of August. Glands kidney-shaped. A 

 remarkably rigorous-growing variety, which bears freely, but is 

 not adapted for forcing ; raised by Mr. Rivers. 



Dymond. Flowers large. Fruit very large, flattened at the 

 summit, mottled red on the exposed side ; flesh white, stained 

 red near the stone, highly flavoured. Middle of September. 

 Leaves glandless. 



Early Beatrice. Flowers large. Fruit medium, round; skin 

 marbled, very highly-coloured where exposed; flesh nearly 

 white, melting, juicy, and richly flavoured. Early in July, in an 

 orchard-house, and outside at the end of that month. Glands 

 small, kidney-shaped. One of the earliest sorts known ; raised 

 by Mr. Rivers. 



Early Rivers. Flowers large. Fruit large, pale yellow, with 

 delicate, flesh-coloured dots on the exposed side ; flesh pale, 

 melting, remarkably rich and juicy. Middle of July, in an 

 orchard-house. Glands kidney-shaped. A valuable, very early 

 Peach ; it was raised by Mr. Rivers, who states that it is apt to 

 crack at the stone, when the fruit ceases to swell, and has no 

 flavour. To obviate this cracking, he recommends that it should 

 be fertilised with pollen from other flowers, as it is possible the 

 immaturity arises from insufficient impregnation. 



Early Silver. Flowers large. Fruit very large and pale, with 

 blush cheek next the sun; flesh white, melting, and rich. 

 Middle of August Glands kidney-shaped. Requires a warm 

 position and favoured situation. Raised by Mr. Rivers from 

 seed of the WHITE Nectarine, the flavour of which it partially 

 retains. 



Exquisite. Flowers small. Fruit very large, deep yellow, with 

 dark crimson cheek ; flesh yellow, stained with deep red at the 

 stone, rich, and melting. Middle of September. Glands round. 

 A fine-flavoured American sort, of immense size. 



Golden Eagle. Flowers small. Fruit very large, round, de- 

 pressed, orange-colour, with some red on the exposed side; 

 Beth stained red near the stone, tender, rich, and melting. 

 End of September or early in October. Glands kidney-shaped. 



deep red, large. Fruit large, 

 it, and furnished with a deep 

 re, which appears to divide it into two parts ; skin downy, 

 yellow, mottled with red, dark red next the sun ; flesh 

 yellow, red near the stone, juicy, rich, and highly flavoured ; 



One of the best yellow Peaches; raised by Mr. Rivers. 

 Goshawk. Flowers large. Beginning of September. Leaves 

 serrate, glandless. A very large, pale-coloured, mid-season 

 Peach, raised from an American sort, named Coo LEDGE'S 

 FAVOURITE ; it is of excellent quality. 



Grosse Mignonne. Flowers deep red, 

 somewhat hollowed at the 

 suture, 

 pale yel 

 pale yellow, 



stone small, rough. End of August 'and beginning'of 'September.' 

 Glands round. This splendid mid-season Peach is one of the 

 best in cultivation, either for forcing or for any purpose, if only 

 one sort were required. It has been grown for a very long 

 period, and twenty or more varieties, sent out at various times 

 as being new, have eventually been found to be identical with 

 it This may be accounted for to a great extent from its being 

 one of the most highly-esteemed sorts, and from the fact that it 

 reproduces itself from seed. 



Bale's Early. Flowers large. Fruit medium, round, depressed 

 at the summit ; skin dark crimson, particularly next the sun ; 

 flesh yellow, melting, and very good. End of July or beginning 

 of August. Glands round. A first-rate, very early Peach, of 

 American origin ; well adapted for forcing. 



Late Admirable. Flowers pale red, smalL Fruit very large, 

 somewhat oblong, with swollen nipple at the apex; skin downy, 

 dull crimson, striped, deeper crimson next the sun; flesh 

 yellowish-green, red near the stone, very juicy, of delicate 

 flavour. Middle or end of September. Glands round. One 

 of the best late Peaches, particularly under glass. 



Noblesse, Flowers large. Fruit large, sometimes rather pointed, 

 sometimes depressed, yellowish-green on the shaded side, deli- 

 cately marbled, and streaked with red on the side next the sun ; 

 flesh white almost throughout, melting, exceedingly juicy and 

 rich. End of August and beginning of September. Leaves 

 " 5S. A most valuable variety, which may be successfully 

 but the tree is sometimes subject to mildew. 

 of Wales. Flowers very large. Fruit very large, 

 terminated by a prominent nipple; skin cream- 

 when ripe, with rosy cheek ; flesh yellowish, red at 

 the stone, of excellent quality. End of September and beginning 

 of October. Glands round. A very valuable late Peach, raised 

 by Mr. Rivers from a Clingstone variety, named PAYIE DE 

 POMPONE, worthless in this country. 



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Fruit medium, marbled 



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Rivers' Early York. Flowers large. Fruit n 

 with red on the shady side, deep red where 

 greenish- white, melting, and richly flavoured. Becinnine an 

 middle of August, leaves smooth; glands roundf^ vtriety 

 raised by Mr. Rivers from the old EAJU.T YORK, on which it 

 is an improvement, inasmuch as the tree escapes mildew much 

 better, and generally produces a good crop, ft is well adapted 

 for forcing. 



Royal George. Flowers dull red, smalL Fruit large, globular ; 

 skin downy, deep red next the sun, dotted on the shaded part; 

 flesh yellowish-white, red near the stone, juicy, rich, anaTex- 

 cellent End of August and beginning of September. Leaves 

 glandless. One of the best-known and most highly-esteemed 

 sorts. It forces well, but the tree is subject to mildew. 



Se Bagfe. Flowers large. Fruit very large, round, lemon- 

 yellow, deep red on the exposed side ; flesh white, stained red 

 near the stone, highly flavoured. End of September. Glands 

 round. One of the best late Peaches ; raised by Mr. Rivers 

 from the variety named EARLY SILVER. 



u Flowers small Fruit medium, roundish, 

 marbled red where exposed; flesh white, 

 and rich. Beginning of September. Leaves glandless. 

 sort. 



Flowers large. Fruit rery large, 

 I ; skin nearly smooth, like a Nectarine, yellow, mottled 

 red on the expand side ; flesh brisk and richly flavoured. 

 Middle and end of September. Glands small, kidney-shaped. 

 A first-rate late variety, raised by Mr. Rivers from a seed of a 

 Dutch Nectarine, called LE GRA.ND NOIR. 



Admirable. Flowers small, Fruit large, round, 



i-green where shaded, crimson-mottled, with a darker 



colour where exposed; flesh yellowish-white, juicy, and rich. 



End of September and beginning of October. Glands round 



A very valuable late Peach. 



FUNGI. The most noteworthy Fungus parasitic on the 

 Peach is Ezoascus deformans. This causes one form of 

 Peach Curl, or Peach Blister, so called from the appear- 

 ance it gives rise to in the leaves. The other form of 

 Peach Blister is caused by Aphides, and may be recog- 

 nised by the presence of those insects, and by the red 

 colour of the diseased leaves. E. deformans makes its 

 presence manifest by the appearance of the leaves, and 

 by a pale bloom, visible chiefly on the lower surface. 

 The microscope shows that this bloom is due to the 

 presence, all over the leaf, of innumerable erect, slender 

 cells, containing spores, and each supported on a shorter 

 celL The Cherry, the Gean, and the Plum, are also liable 

 to suffer through attacks of this Fungus ; but in these 

 trees it gives rise to the so-called ' witch-knots," or short 

 branches arising in a crowded mass, the leaves and twigs 

 of which show the bloom of the Fungus at certain times 

 of the year. The leaves covered with E. deformans wither 

 and fall off prematurely ; and even while on the tree, 

 they cease to be of use to the host-plant. Besides this, 

 the tissues of the host are diseased by the Fungus, and 

 it reappears year after year on the same branch system. 

 The only remedy is to cut off and destroy the diseased 

 branches and leaves. 



Sphcsrotheea pannosa, a mildew, is of frequent occur- 

 rence on the Peach. It forms a dense, greenish coat over 

 the parts affected, living on the outer surface of the cells 

 of the host-plant. Flowers of sulphur, or the solution 

 of potassium sulphide, is the most effectual cure for 

 this disease. See Mildew. 



Certain small pale spots may, at times, be observed on 

 Peach leaves, the work of small species of Fungi, named 

 Cercospora Persiecs and C. circumscixsa. The injury 

 done by them is too slight to call for a longer notice 

 here. 



INSECT PESTS. The Peach-tree is liable to injury from 

 insect operations in several ways, but only those of more 

 frequent occurrence need be specified. A small moth 

 (Anarsia lineatella) destroys from two to several inches 

 at the tips of the branches, by its larvse boring into 

 them, and eating the pith from them in spring and early 

 summer; while the larvse of an autumn brood eat into 

 the fruits while on the trees. This insect belongs to the 

 Tineina (tee Moths), but is larger than the average 

 of that group, reaching a span of nearly Jin. across the 

 front wings, which are grey, with darker grey markings, 



