300 THE PEACH. 



CLASS II. FLESH DEEP YELLOW. 



Section I. Leaves crenated, with globose glands. 



Sub-section /. Flowers large. 



Baltimore Beauty. Rather small, round-oval ; skin deep 

 orange, with a bright red cheek; flesh yellow, red at the 

 stone, sweet, good, mealy when over-ripe. Quite early. 

 Origin, Baltimore, where it-is good, but it proves of third- 

 rate quality at the north. 



Sub-section II. Flowers small. 



CEAFWORD'S EARLY. (Syn. Early Crawford, Crawford's 

 Early Melocoton.) Very large ; oblong-oval, sometimes 

 round-oval ; apex with a prominent point ; suture shal- 

 low ; surface yellow, with a red cheek; flesh very juicy, 

 rich, slightly sub-acid, of good but not the highest flavor. 

 End of summer and beginning of autumn. Productive. 

 Ranks very high in the northern, middle, and western 

 states, as a market variety. Origin, New-Jersey. 



CRAWFORD'S LATE. (Syn. Crawford's Late Melocoton, 

 Crawford's Superb Melocoton.) Very large, roundish, 

 suture shallow, distinct ; surface yellow, with a broad, 

 dark red cheek ; flesh red at the stone, rich, juicy, vinous, 

 hardly first-rate. Quite late, or latter part of 9 mo. (Sept.) 

 Productive ; and ranks among the first as a late variety 

 for market. Origin, New- Jersey. The common Red 

 Cheek Melocoton is cultivated in some localities under 

 this name. 



JAQTJES' RARERIPE. Very large, roundish, slightly oblate, 

 suture distinct, one side slightly larger, surface a little 

 uneven ; surface deep yellow, variously shaded with red ; 

 flesh deep yellow, red at the stone, of good but not of the 

 highest flavor. Shoots diverging. Ripens at the end of 

 summer. Origin, Mass. 



Red- Cheek Melocoton.* Large, roundish-oval, with a point 

 at apex ; surface yellow, with a deep red cheek ; flesh 



* Pronounced Mel-o-co-toon, and often written Malncatune and Melocotoon, with 

 other variations in orthography. It is the Spanish name for peach. 



