402 THE PEACH. 



58. RED CHEEK MELOCOTON.* Pom. Man. 



Malagatune. Lady Gallatin 



Malacatune. Yellow Malagatune. 



Hogg's Melocoton. Red Cheek Malocoton. Cc<ce. 

 Yellow Malocoton. 



The Melocoton (or Malagatune, as it is commonly called) ia 

 almost too well known to need description. Almost every or- 

 chard and garden in the country contains it, and hundreds of 

 thousands of bushels of the fruit are raised and sent to market 

 m this country, every year. It is a beautiful and fine fruit, in 

 favorable seasons, though in unfavorable ones the acid fre- 

 quently predominates somewhat in its flavor. It is an Ameri- 

 can seedling, and is constantly reproducing itself under new 

 forms, most of the varieties in this section having, directly or 

 indirectly, been raised from it ; the finest and most popular at 

 the present time, being Crawford's Early, and Late, Melocotons, 

 both greatly superior, in every respect, to the original Melo- 

 coton. 



Leaves with globose glands. Fruit large, roundish oval, 

 with a swollen point at the top. Skin yellow with a deep red 

 cheek. Flesh deep yellow, red at the stone, juicy, melting, 

 with a good, rich vinous flavour. First of September. Flowers 

 small. 



59. SMOCK FEEESTONE. Ken. 



St. George. 



A variety which ripens late, and is much esteemed for or- 

 chard culture. It was originated not long since, by Mr. Smock, 

 of Middletown, New Jersey, the centre of extensive peach cul- 

 tivation. 



Leaves with reniform glands. Fruit large, oval, narrowed 

 towards the stalk, and rather compressed on the sides. Skin 

 light orange yellow, mottled with red, or often with a dark red 

 cheek, when fully exposed. Flesh bright yellow, but red at 

 the stone, moderately juicy and rich. Ripens last of Septem- 

 ber arid first of October. 



60. YELLOW ALBERGE. Thomp. 



Alberge Jaune. O. Duh. Purple Alberge. Lind 



Peche Jaune. Red Alberge. 



Gold Fleshed Golden Mignonne. 



Yellow Rareripe, of many Am. Gardens. 



* Melocoton is the Spanish for peach. 



