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an ornament to the dessert. Tlio tree is more tender than 

 other varieties, and in northern climates requires to be covered 

 with a box, or to have some other slight protection. 



WHITE BLOSSOM. Pk. cat. .. 



Willow peach. White stone. 



Wliite-hlossomed Incomparable. Load. Hort. Cat. 



'• The bark of this tree, when- the leaves have fallen, is of a 

 pale straw colour, which gives to it a very peculiar appearance ; 

 the flowers are perfectly white, of large size, and quite showy, 

 so that it is altogether dissimilar to others at the period of its 

 bloom likewise. The fi'uit is perfectly white, of an oval form, 

 and handsome appearance ; the flesh is also white, melting, 

 juicy, and pleasant, and parts freely from the stone. It is 

 much used for preserves when not over ripe, and is at full 

 maturity in September. This variety originated on Long 

 Island, and re-produces from the stone trees similar in the 

 appearance of the wood, but varying in the quality of the 

 fruit and the size of the blossoms.' The Snow-peach is a 

 variety with smaller flowers. I have put down as a synonyme 

 the White-blossomed Incomparable of the London Horticul- 

 tural Society's Catalogue, and it may be the same ; as trees 

 were sent to England, more than fifty years ago, from the 

 nursery at Flushing, and possibly they may have possessed the 

 same variety in England anterior to its production here. The 

 original tree of this variety was discovered in a hedge in 

 King's county, from which scions were obtained by the grand- 

 father of the author, who sent a great many of the trees to 

 Europe before the revolution. 



COLUMBIA. Pr. cat. Coxe. 



The form of this fruit is somewhat flat or compressed, its 

 diameter being greater than its height ; it has also a suture 

 running from the stem to the extremity ; the skin is thick and 

 rough, of a dingy red hue, spotted over with dark reddish 

 touches ; the flesh is of a bright yellow colour, melting, rich, 

 and juicy, the grain or fibre bearing a similarity to that of an 



