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red on the sunny side ; ripening about the middle 

 of August. 



4. Bellegarde, or Galande. This is a beautiful, 

 large and excellent peach, with. a strong tint of red 

 on a yellow ground, and of a deep red shade on 

 the south side. Its pulp, though rather firm, yields 

 a sweet juice, of an agreeable taste. Ripens in 

 September. 



5. Blood Peach Makes a beautiful preserve, 

 and is cultivated chiefly for that purpose. The 

 tree is hardy, and a great bearer. 



6. Boudinc Is a large, round fruit, of a fine red 

 next the sun ; the flesh white, melting ; juice vi- 

 rious and rich; ripens in September. The tree a 

 plentiful bearer. 



7. Catharine. A large, round fruit, of a dark red 

 next the sun ; the flesh white, melting ; full of a 

 rich juice ; a clingstone : ripens in October. 



8. Charlestown, or ananas pecwh Is a new sort, 

 reared in America from the kernel. Although its 

 colour is inferiour to that of most other peaches, 

 being a uniformly pale yellow, without any red 

 tint, yet its firm and juicy pulp possesses the deli- 

 cious flavour of the pine apple. It ripens in Octo- 

 ber. 



9. Early JYewington Is a fruit of middling size, 

 of a fine red next the sun ; flesh firm, with a sugary, 

 well flavoured juice. There are several varieties 

 of this fruit, all clingstones ; ripening in August and 

 September. 



10. Heath peach. Of all peaches, perhaps of all 

 fruits, it is said, there is none equal in flavour to the 

 American Heath peach, a clingstone. It is large, 

 weighing near a pound, in common; with but mo- 

 derate attention, it is believed, they would very 

 generally weigh a full pound. It is backward in 

 ripening, northward of the Susquehannah, and is 

 generally one of the last sort that ripens. " This 

 very fine clingstone peach is generally esteemed the 



