CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT 



finest in our country : the original stone was brought, 

 by the late Mr. Daniel Heath, from the Mediter- 

 ranean ; it has ever since been propagated from 

 the stone, in Maryland, where I have seen it in 

 great abundance and high perfection, as a natural 

 fruit, in September and October. It is usually pro- 

 pagated in this and the adjoining states by inocula- 

 tion: I have for some years raised them from the 

 stone, and have now a number of vigorous trees 

 from stones, brought from Maryland. It is a very 

 large fruit, of a form rather oblong, and uniformly 

 terminating in a point at the head ; the flesh is sin- 

 gularly rich, tender, melting and juicy ; the stone 

 frequently opens, disclosing the kernel: the skin is 

 a rich, cream-coloured white, sometimes with a 

 faint blush, but the finest peaches are entirely white ; 

 the juice is so abundant, as to make it difficult to 

 eat this peach without injury to the clothes; the 

 leaf is luxuriant, arid smooth at the edge ; the tree 

 vigorous, hardy and long-lived, compared with other 

 trees : the fruit ripens in September, lasts through 

 the month of October, and is frequently eaten in 

 high perfection in November. It is of all peaches, 

 when not too ripe, the most admired, when pre- 

 served in sugar or in brandy." (Coxe's Cultivation 

 of Fruit Trees.) 



11. Large mignonnc Is somewhat oblong in 

 shape, and generally swells out on one side. The 

 juice is very sugary, and of high flavour. This 

 is one of the most handsome and delicious fruits, of 

 a dark red and greenish yellow cast; having a white, 

 melting and agreeable pulp, containing a sweetish 

 vinous juice, and is in eating about the middle of 

 September. 



12. Lemon clingstone Is a large, late, but beau- 

 tiful and high flavoured peach. It ripens the last 

 of September and beginning of October. 



13. Monstrous pavic. This is the largest of the 

 peaches, and a true ornament to the dessert, as it 



