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which had no red on them. I notice there are some varieties 

 of peach termed Malucotoon, by Quintinye and Evelyn, and 

 Langley mentions a clingstone peach called Malacotune. The 

 terms Melocoton and Malacoton, are Spanish words, and 

 mean simply a peach, or a peach tree, and from these no doubt 

 all the corruptions have originated which now exist." 



SPANISH. Ph. cat. 

 Large Spanish. 

 This is a clingstone, obtained many years since, from an 

 intelligent cultivator at Baltimore. It is of a large size and 

 the form nearly round : the skin is of a fair whitish colour, 

 with a blush next the sun ; the flowers are of small size. The 

 tree is of vigorous growth, and produces good crops; the 

 fruit is of pretty good quality, and ripens at a very late period, 

 not being at maturity till October. 



WHITE WINTER. Pr. cat. 

 This clingstone variety was imported from England as a 

 Nectarine. The flowers are of small size, and the fruit of an 

 oval form ; the skin and flesh are both white, which colour 

 extends quite to the stone ; and it is on that account preferred 

 for brandy preserves, and also for those in sugar. It is 

 deemed a valuable fruit for these purposes, and does not ripen 

 until the month of October. The tree grows vigorously and 

 bears well. There is another late variety, called the Free- 

 stone Winter, which is an inferior fruit, of a greenish colour, 

 with a tinge of red on one side ; its only value being the late- 

 ness of its maturity. 



PRINCE'S BLOOD CLINGSTONE. Pr. cat. 

 Blood clingstone. Claret clingstone. 

 This very superior variety of its class was raised from seed 

 by the grandfather of the author. The flowers are small ; 

 the fruit is oval and of large size, surpassing the French vari- 

 ety ; the skin is of a dark purplish colour, and very downy ; 

 the flesh is of a crimson or purplish tint, but of indifierent 

 flavour. The peaches of this class, it is well known, are not 



