EARLY CRAWFORD PEACH. 



only two sections, viz : 1st. Large flowers, always red in the centre, and 

 pale on the margin ; and ^d. Small flowers, darkly shaded on the margin. 



A third and important sub- division is made in regard to the stone : 

 1. Free-stone peaches ; 2. Chng-stone peaches. 



This classification was begun by Duhamel and Miller, and improved 

 upon by subsequent writers ; but it was brought nearest to perfection 

 by the Count Lelieur and George Lindley. 



With the distinctions which we have here made, and which will 

 always be fully noted in our descriptions, in connection with our colored 

 plates, every observing pomologist or cultivator will soon be able to 

 identify, with perfect accuracy, any particular kind, and we may confi- 

 dently hope that the confusion now existing in the nomenclature of 

 peaches may, ere long, be cleared up. 



We now complete our account of the Early Crawford : — 



Leaves. — Rather large and long, crenated, with globose glands. 



Flowers. — Small. 



Fruit. — Large, about three inches broad, and three and a half long : 

 Form, roundish oblong, compressed slightly on the sides, one half a 

 little lai'ger than the other, with a broad, deep cavity at the base, and 

 narrowing towards the apex ; suture rather shallow, extending half 

 round, and terminating in a small prominent point : Skin, deep yellow 

 in the shade, rather downy, broadly shaded with rich deep red in the 

 sun, with some mottlings, and numerous small crimson dots, extending 

 to the shaded side : Flesh, deep yellow, melting, and shghtly rayed with 

 red at the stone, from which it separates freely : Juice, abundant, rich, 

 sweet, and delicious : Stone, large, oblong, acute at the apex, not deeply 

 furrowed. 



Ripe the last of August and beginning of September. 



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