206 CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT 



LIST OF CHOICE PEACHES, 

 FROM MCMAHON'S AMERICAN GARDENER. 



ALL the varieties, he observes, may be cultivated 

 to advantage in every state of the union, if soil and 

 exposure be given agreeable to their nature and 

 necessities. 1. The Early Avant; 2. The White 

 Nutmeg; 3. The Red Nutmeg; 4. Early Mig- 

 nonne ; 5. Early Ann; 6. Early Newington; 7. 

 Early Elizabeth-Town ; 8. The White Magdalen ; 

 9. Red Clingstone; 10. White Clingstone; fl. Ken- 

 nedy's Caroline; 12. Royal George; 13. Oldmixon; 

 14. Late Heath; 15. La Plata ; 16. Georgia; 17. 

 The Congress; 18. Bourdine; 19. President ; 20. 

 English Incomparable ; 21. Chancellor Rambouil- 

 let ; 22. La Titon de Venus ; 23. La Pourprie ; 24. 

 Belle Chevreuse; 25. Noblesse ; 26. Bellegarde; 

 27. Large Yellow Freestone; 28. White Pavie; 

 29. Monstrous Pavie ; 30. Clifton's Nutmeg; 31. 

 Lemon Peach; 32. Large NeAvington ; 33. Caro- 

 lina Clingstone. 



1. Admirable peach. A very large and comely 

 fruit, of an agreeable mixture of colours. Its pulp, 

 though rather firm, has a delicate taste, contains a 

 sweet, vinous juice, of a fine flavour, and is pale 

 red near the stone. It becomes eatable about the 

 middle of September. 



2. Alberge, or orange peach Is one of the most 

 elegant and best flavoured of the clingstones; ra- 

 ther large than otherwise ; round ; dark red or 

 purple next the sun, and bright orange on the other 

 side ; being deeply furrowed from the stem to the 

 blossom end : the flesh of a deep orange colour, 

 but purple at the stone ; ripens in August. The tree 

 is a very great bearer. 



3. Jlune peach, or early J^nn Is a small, round 

 fruit, of a yellowish white colour, faintly tinged with 



