184 PEACHES. 



of a greenish yellow with a brownish red on the exposed side- 

 Flesh melting. Juice rich, sweet, and good flavoured. 



65. EARLY SWEET WATER. Hort. Soc. Cat. 184. 

 Leaves large and broad, doubly serrated ; glands none. 



Flowers large, white and rose-coloured. Fruit about a me- 

 dium size, nearly round and regular, slightly pitted at the 

 apex, and showing a kind of pistilla point. Skin thin, white, 

 with a small portion of colour on the exposed side. Flesh 

 melting, white, and separating readily from the stone ; which 

 is small, round, and nearly flat, and pitted. Juice very 

 sweet and good. Ripe the first week in August. 



This is the best early peach we have, coming in a few days 

 after the early Ann, or White Nutmeg, which it resembles 

 in shape, growth of the tree, &c. ; it is, however, about dou- 

 ble the size, and it is probable that it originated from a seed 

 of that kind, but is every way very superior in quality ; and 

 as the trees have a larger and stronger growth, is supposed 

 to have been mixed in the pollen with some other sort. The 

 tree has a peculiar habit of growth, which renders it very 

 difficult to propagate from. The young shoots will be 

 almost destitute of perfect buds to innoculate with : care, 

 therefore, should be taken to see that each bud has a per- 

 fect eye, or they will never grow. I experience more difli- 

 culty to bud a row of this sort, in my Nursery, than of all 

 other kinds put together. I first found it in the garden 

 of Mr. Henry Brevoort : he had several trees of them, and 

 it was one of his favourite sorts. He had budded them by 

 the name of a " French Peach," but cannot tell where he 

 first got it. I have no doubt, however, of its originating in 

 this country. I sent trees of it to the Hort. Society, in 1823, 



66. EMPEROR OF RUSSIA. Hort. Soc. Cat., 185. 

 Serrated. 



Unique. 



New Cut-Leaved. Hort. Soc. 206. 



Leaves narrow and very deeply and doubly serrated ; in 

 some instances almost to the mid-rib, more so than any 

 other kind of peach : without glands. Flowers small and red. 

 Fruit large, broader than long, one cheek projecting out 

 much more than the other, and forming an irregular shape. 

 Skin downy, of a brownish yellow, with a crimson red on 

 the exposed side. Flesh melting, separating freely from the 

 stone, which is small for the size of the fruit. Juice sweet, 

 and of an excellent flavour. 



Ripe last week in August. 



