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only a slight tinge of red next the sun. Flesh nearly white, 

 very melting and juicy, of a very delicate texture, and the 

 flavour sweet and delicious. Ripens among the earliest, a few 

 days after the Early York, about the 25th of August. Flowers 

 small. 



51. WHITE-BLOSSOMED INCOMPARABLE. P. Man. Thomp. 



White-Blossom. 

 Willow Peach. 



This is a native fruit of second quality, much inferior, both 

 in flavour and appearance, to the Snow peach. Its seeds very 

 frequently produce the same variety. The flowers are white, 

 the leaves are of a light green, and the wood pale yellow, 

 Leaves with reniform glands. Fruit large, oval. Skin fair, 

 white throughout. Flesh white to the stone, melting, juicy, 

 sweet and pleasant. Beginning of September. Flowers 

 large, white. 



Class II. Free- Stone Peaches with deep yellow flesh.* 

 52. ABRICOTEE. Thomp. O. Duh, 



Yellow Admirable. Admirable Jaune, O. Duh, JVois. 



Apricot Peach. D'Abricot. 



Grosse Jaune Tardive. D' Orange. (Orange Peach. Ken.) 



The Apricot-Peach (or Yellow Admirable, as it is more 

 frequently called), is an old French variety, but little cultivated 

 in this country, though deserving of attention in the Middle 

 States. It ripens very late, and is thought to have a slight 

 apricot flavour. It grows with moderate vigour, and bears 

 abundantly. 



Leaves with reniform glands. Fruit large, roundish oval, 

 with a small suture running on one side only. Skin clear 

 yellow all over, or faintly touched with red next the sun. Flesh 

 yellow, but a little red at the stone, firm, rather dry, with a 

 sweet and agreeable flavour. Stone small. Ripens at the 

 beginning of October. Flowers large. 



* Nearly all this class are of American origin, and the Yellow Alberge 

 of Europe is the original type. They are not so rich as Class 1, and 

 require our hot summers to bring out their flavour. In a cold climate, the 

 acid is always prevalent. Hence they are inferior in England, and at the 

 northern limits of the peach in this country. 



