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top. Skin pale greenish yellow, mottled with red, and having 

 a purplish red cheek. Flesh yellowish white, marked with red 

 at the stone, melting, juicy, with a very rich, high, vinous fla- 

 vour. Stcne small, and very rough. Middle of August, before 

 the Royal George. Flowers large. 



24. HAINES' EARLY RED. 



An early peach, newly originated in New-Jersey, of very 

 fine flavour, and so hardy and productive as to be a popular 

 orchard fruit. 



Leaves with globose glands, fruit of medium size, round, de- 

 pressed at the top, with a well-marked suture extending round 

 the fruit, one half larger than the other. Skin pale white 

 marked with red, and nearly covered with deep red. Flesh 

 greenish white, very juicy, melting, sweet and well flavoured. 

 Middle of August. Flowers small. 



25. KENRICK'S HEATH. Ken. 

 Freestone Heath. 



A large, showy, oblong peach, often growing to the largest size, 

 and a very hardy tree, but the quality of the fruit is only 

 second rate. This sort, which is a native of New-England, is 

 vigorous, and bears large crops. It is quite distinct from the 

 celebrated Heath Cling. 



Leaves with reniform glands. Fruit very large, oblong, with 

 a slight suture, and a small swollen point at the top. Skin 

 pale greenish white, with a purplish red cheek. Flesh greenish 

 white, deep red at the stone, a little coarse, melting, quite juicy, 

 with a pleasant sub-acid flavour. Middle of September. Flowers 

 small. 



26. LATE ADMIRABLE. Lind. Thomp. 



Royale. O. Duh 

 La Royale. 

 Peche Royale. 

 Bourdine. 

 Boudin. 

 Narbonne. 



Teton de Venus. 



French Bourdine. 



Judd's Melting. 



Motteux's. 



Pourpree Tardive. ) incorrectly 



Late Purple. J of some.' 



" The Late Admirable," says Mr. Thompson, " is one of the 

 very best of late peaches, and ought to be in every collection " 

 an opinion in which we fully concur. It is one of those deli- 

 cious sorts that, originating a long time ago in France, have 

 received the approval of the best cultivators everywhere. It is 

 hardy and productive in this climate. 



