76 Descriptive account of Princess Paragon Peach. 



fleshed and less acid apple, but it is wanting in that peculiarly 

 rich and delicious aroma which places the Spy, in our estima- 

 tion, among the very best apples which have yet been brought 

 to notice. 



Size, large, about two and a half inches deep and three 

 broad : Form, roundish, flat and slightly rubbed at the base, 

 narrowing a little towards the crown : Skin, fair, smooth, dull 

 yellowish green in the shade, covered with dull red on the 

 sunny side, with some indistinct stripes of a brighter tint, and 

 rather thickly covered with large, prominent, yellow specks : 

 Stem, short, about half an inch, rather slender, and inserted in 

 a moderately deep, somewhat open cavity : Eye, quite small, 

 closed, and slightly sunk in a very small, shallow, furrowed 

 basin'; segments of the calyx long : Flesh, greenish white, fine, 

 firm, and breaking : Juice, very abundant, brisk, pleasantly 

 acid and high flavored. Core, medium size, rather close. 

 Ripe from January to April. 



Art. VI. Descriptive Account of Princes Paragon Peach. 

 By W. R. Prince, Flushing, L. I. 



I PROMISED you, some time since, a description of Princess 

 Paragon peach, and now transmit the same. I am positive 

 as to the fact that the variety which has been disseminated 

 by some under this name, is erroneous, and I doubt whether 

 the true kind is in any nursery collection, unless received from 

 this establishment. 



Prince's Paragon Peach. — A freestone; large size, perfect 

 oval ; skin yellowish green, red next the sun ; groove slightly 

 depressed, deepening at the extremity with a distinct mame- 

 lon ; a rounded cavity at the stem of moderate depth ; flesh 

 white, red at the stone, very juicy, sweet, rich, and luscious, 

 surpassed by very few ; stone large, rough, of a dull reddish 

 brown hue ; ripens September 15th to 22d ; flowers large ; 

 glands globose. The tree is very vigorous, attains a large 

 size, and bears moderately, thus allowing each fruit a full 

 expansion. 



Linncean Bot. Gard. and Nurs., Flushing, L. I., Dec. 1846. 



