the lemon clingstone, and of about the size of the red rare- 

 ripe, which it resembles in shape ; its flavour is agreeable, 

 though not equal to the lemon clingstone; it is of the finest 

 gold colour on one side, and the deepest crimson on the 

 other. There is no tree more productive, and when you 

 consider at one view the beauty of the fruit, and the im- 

 mense quantities which load the branches, the appearance 

 is truly striking. 



66. Sargent's Rarerifie. This peach is a seedling va- 

 riety well worth attention. It is yellow, round, rich in fla- 

 vour, and the tree very productive. It is best known in the 

 vicinity of Boston, where it originated. 



13. Jacques* Yellow Rarerifie. This peach, which I re- 

 ceived from the vicinity of Boston, is represented to be very 

 line. I have a number of the trees, but they have not yet 

 produced fruit. 



82. Yellow Afiricot. This peach is of very large size; 

 its colour is yellow, a little touched with red on the sunny 

 side ; the flesh also yellow and solid, with a little of the 

 apricot flavour ; it is a late fruit, not ripening in general till 

 October. 



The limits of this Tittle work will not allow me to describe 

 the numerous delicious varieties of this fruit but, to the 

 lovers. of the peach, I can promise a rich treat in the co- 

 pious publication I am preparing for the press, for in addi- 

 tion to the choice collection already enumerated in the Ca- 

 talogue, I have received from the south of France and Italy, 

 48 new varieties, comprising all the choicest and highest fla- 

 'voured Peaches of that favoured region, being determined 

 that the amateurs and connoisseurs of fruits throughout our 

 country should have it in iheir power to gratify their taste 

 with these fruits without the expense of a trip to the Medi- 

 terranean. It has been remarked by travellers, that the 

 fruits above referred to possess a degree of odour (fiarfum) 

 which renders them particularly delicious. We shall now 

 be able to give ultimate decision on this point ; for if any 

 clime is peculiarly favourable to the culture of the peach, it 

 is from the Potowmac to Louisiana. 



NECTARINES. 



With regard to the soil and culture proper for this fruit it 

 is unnecessary to go into detail, as- whatever directions have . 



