440 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



CATHERINE. Fruit, large, roundish, elongated, swollen on one 

 side of the suture, and terminated by a small nipple. Skin, yellowish 

 green, dotted with bright red in the shade, bright red striated with 

 darker red next the sun. Flesh, adhering to the stone, firm, yellowish 

 white, dark red at the stone, juicy, rich, and excellent. Flowers, 

 small. Leaves, with kidney-shaped glands. 



Ripens in the end of September and beginning of October. Requires 

 heat to bring it to full perfection. 



This is a very old peach, and has been cultivated in this country for two cen- 

 turies. It is esteemed for its lateness ; and Switzer says of it in 1724, "it finishes 

 the glory of the peach season, and makes the greedy as well as the curious give 

 over the thoughts of eating any more peaches till the succeeding year." 



CHANCELLOR (Edgar's Late Melting ; Late Chancellor; Noisette; 

 Steward's Late Galande], Fruit, large, oval, pale yellow, dark crimson 

 next the sun. Suture, well defined. Flesh, free, pale yellow, very 

 deep red at the stone, sugary, rich, and vinous. Stone, oblong. 

 Flowers, small. Leaves, with kidney-shaped glands. 



Ripens in the middle of September. 



China Peach. See Flat China. 

 Colonel Ansley's. See Barrington. 



COMET. Fruit, very large and round. Skin, pale yellow, with a 

 crimson cheek. Flesh, pale yellow, separating from the stone ; very 

 juicy, melting, and good. Flowers, small. Leaves, with kidney- 

 shaped glands. 



This was raised by Mr. Rivers from the Salwey. It is very much 

 like its parent, and ripens about the same time ; but the tree is of a 

 hardier constitution. It is called the Comet, from having fruited in 

 1857, when the great comet of that year was at its zenith. 



COOLEDGE'S FAVOURITE. Fruit, medium sized, roundish, 

 with a well-defined suture, which is most marked towards the apex, 

 and rather higher on one side than the other. Skin, white, covered 

 with crimson dots, and with a crimson cheek on the side next the sun. 

 Flesh, very tender and melting, separating freely from the stone, juicy 

 and sweet, and with a fine delicate flavour. Flowers, small. Leaves, 

 with round glands. 



This is a very fine peach, and ripens in the last week in August. 

 The tree is hardy and an excellent bearer. It is an American variety, 

 raised in Massachusetts. 



CRAWFORD'S EARLY (Crawford's Early Malecoton). Fruit, very 

 large, of a roundish and slightly oblate shape, depressed at the crown, 

 from which issues a rather shallow suture, much higher on one side 

 than the other. Skin, thin, of a deep lemon colour, but on the side 

 next the sun it has a reddish orange blush, strewed with numerous 

 distinct, dark crimson dots. Flesh, yellow, reddish at the stone, from 



