THE CRAWFORD'S LATE PEACH. 



Crawford's Late. 



Crawford's Late Malacatune, } ^^^ ^^ QrchurdiM. 

 Crawford's Superb Malacatune, j 



Crawford's Late Melocoton, Fruits and Fruit TVees of America, 

 Lemon Rareripe, of some American Collections. 



Crawford's Late stands at the head of all our American peaches 

 for its size and magnificence of appearance ; and among yellow-fleshed 

 varieties it certainly stands equally high for its excellent qualities. 

 Under ordinary cultivation, it is a remarkably large, showy and beautiful 

 fruit; but when raised in its greatest perfection, it measures tw^elve or 

 thirteen inches in cu'cumference. Mr. Kenrick states that ninety of the 

 peaches have filled a basket, holding over three pecks. 



This superb variety was raised by William Crawford, Esq., of Mid- 

 dletown. New Jersey, the same gentleman who produced the Early 

 Crawford, already figured and described in our first volume. It was 

 first brought to the notice of pomologists by Mr. William Kenrick, of 

 Newton, who described it in the American Orchardist, under the name 

 of Crawford's Late Malacatune. But as all long and unnecessary 

 names are objectionable, and not generally used, it has latterly been 

 known simply as Crawford's Late, which name we now adopt Formerly 

 peaches were chiefly distinguished as " rareripes" and " malacatunes," 

 the former being the white-fleshed and the latter the yellow-fleshed 

 ones ; but we believe it is now universally conceded, that the addition 

 of either of these names to a fruit conveys no decided meaning, and 

 is therefore useless. Brevity in the names of all fruits is a desirable 

 and commendable object. 



Crawford's Late much resembles the Early Crawford. It is a little 

 larger than that variety ; it is also rounder and not compressed on the 

 sides. It has the same deep yellow skin, and the brilliant coloring of 

 that peach, but the surface is covered with a thicker down. It ripens 

 about a month later than the Early Crawford. As a mai'ket fruit it is 

 one of the most profitable in cultivation, coming in, as it does, after 

 most of the other large peaches are gone, and it always commands a 

 high price. 



Under the name of Lemon Rareripe, the Crawford's Late has been 

 considerably disseminated in Massachusetts. 



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