452 THE PEACH. 



little projecting. Flesh yellowish-white, buttery and melting, 

 with an abundant, sugary, perfumed juice. February and 

 March 



Selection of choice pears for a small garden, to ripen in suc- 

 cession from July to April. Madeleine, Bloodgood, Dearborn's 

 Seedling, Bartlett, or William's Bon Chretien, Andrews, Sum- 

 mer Franc Real, White Doyenne, Seckel, Fondante d'Automne, 

 Gray Doyenne, Urbaniste, Dunmore, Marie Louise, Van 

 Mons Leon le Clerc, Beurre Bosc, Dix, Columbian, Winter 

 Nelis, Beurre d'Aremberg, Knight's Monarch, and (for deep 

 warm soil,) Beurre de Ranz. 



Selection of very hardy and good pears for a cold climate. 

 Fulton, Bloodgood, Seckel, Stevens' Genesee, Heathcot, Marie 

 Louise, Beurre Bosc, Dix, Hacon's Incomparable, Buffum, 

 Beurr6 Capiumont, Andrews, Bartlett, Washington, White Doy- 

 enne", Beurre Diel, Winter Nelis, Beurre d'Aremberg, Prince's 

 St. Germain. 



Almost all the varieties do well in the interiour ; the old 

 French sorts usually better than with us, and the following sorts 

 are generally finer in a warmer climate, say that of Maryland, 

 than here ; Beurre de Ranz, Glout Morceau, Easter Beurre", 

 Messire Jean, St. Germain, &c. 



Perry pears. These are little attended to in this country ; 

 perry being made from the most common varieties. The best 

 English perry pears are the following ; Oldfield, Barland, 

 Longland, and Teinton Squash. 



CHAPTER XXII. 



THE PEACH. 



Persica widgaris, Dec. ; Rosacece, of botanists. 

 French; Pfirschbaum, German; Persickkeboom, Dutch; Perm,., 

 Italian ; and El Melocoton, Spanish. 



THE peach tree is a native of Persia and China, and was 

 brought from the former country to Italy by the Romans in the 

 time of the Emperor Claudius. It was considerably cultivated 

 in Britain as early as the year 1550, and was introduced to this 

 country by the early settlers somewhere about 1680. From 

 Persia, its native country, its name in all languages Persico 

 Pdcher 'Peach, has evidently been derived. 



