54 

 THE PRESIDENT PEACH. 



President Peach. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 216. 



A good deal of curiosity has been felt in England 

 with respect to the Peaches of North America, of 

 the merits of which much has been reported by 

 travellers from that country. There is no doubt 

 that those kinds, beneath the fierce summer sun of 

 the United States, fully merit the eulogium that 

 has been passed upon them. But it is equally 

 certain, that they are almost uniformly worthless 

 in the climate of Great Britain. There are, how- 

 ever, some exceptions, two of which particularly 

 deserve to be recorded ; of these, the George the 

 Fourth is one, and that which is now represented is 

 the other. 



The President Peach is, with us, a rich, melting 

 ^ juicy fruit, ripening in the end of September, and 

 is, therefore, valuable on account of the late period 

 of its maturity. Of course it requires a south wall, 

 and care must be taken that it is perfectly ripe 

 before being gathered. 



Flowers small, deep red. 

 Leaves crenated, with globose glands. 

 Fruit large, roundish, approaching to ovjal, with 

 a shallow suture. Skin very downy, dull:red next 

 the sun, pale yellowish green in the shade. Flesh 

 whitish, juicy, rich, and high-flavoured, parting 

 freely from the Stone, which is large, oval, pointed, 

 and very rugged. 



