Lady Gallatin, 

 Yellow Malagatune. 



290 THE PEACIf. 



white and pale green, more or less marbled with dull red, and having a 

 deep red cheek in the sun ', fiesh^ white, tinged with red at stone, rich, 

 sweet, vinous, excellent flavor. Fifth to fifteenth September. 



PRESIDENT. 



American. Trees, healthy, productive, similar to the Rareripes ; a val- 

 uable market fruit. Flowers^ small ] glands^ globose ; fruit, large, or above 

 medium, roundish oval ; suture^ shallow; skin, downy, pale yellowish green, 

 with a red cheek; jiesli^ white, red at the stone, juicy, sweet, rich, high 

 flavor ; stone^ rough, and unless fully ripe the flesh adheres slightly to it. 

 Free-stone. Middle of September. 



Prince's Pi-ed Rareripe. 

 Late Ked Eareripe. 

 American. Trees, vigorous, productive, and fruit of a grayish appear- 

 ance, distinguishing it from all other varieties. Flowers, small ; glands, 

 globose ; fruit, large, roundish oval, with a depressed suture and sunken 

 point at apex ; skin, downy, pale grayish yellow, mottled and marbled with 

 red, and with a red cheek mottled with fawn-colored specks ; flesh, white, 

 deep red at stone, juicy, melting, rich, luscious flavor. Free-stone. Early 

 in September. 



Red Cheek. 



Eed Cheek Melocoton, Malagatune, 



Hogg's Melocoton, Malacatune, 



Yellow Melocoton, 



American. Floivers, small ; glands, globose. The parent of most of the 



recently-introduced yellow peaches. Fruit, large, roundish oval, swollen 



point at apex ; yellow, deep red cheek ; flesh, yellow, red at stone, juicy, a 



little sub-acid. Free-stone. Early September. 



PtED PlARERIPE. 



Large Eed Eareripe, I Douglas, 



Early Eed Eareripe, | Burgess' Beauty. 



American. Flowers, small ; leaves, glandless ; fruit, large, round ; suture, 



broad ; skin, white, mottled with red, becoming quite red in sun ; fesh, 



whitish, red at stone, melting, juicy, sweet. Free-stone. Last August. 



Sometimes mildews. From this variety it is probable most of our rareripes 



have been produced. 



P^OSEBANK. 



American. Originated with James Dougall, Esq., C. W. Trees, healthy, 

 moderate, but regular bearers : leaf, serrated without glands. Fruit, above 

 medium, round, compressed at the apex : suture, deep, extending somewhat 

 more than halfway round ; skin, whitish yellow, with a red cheek, where 

 fully exposed to the sun, the red becomes almost purple ; flesh, thick, whit- 

 ish yellow, very little red about the stone, juicy, rich, excellent flavor. 

 Free-stone. Middle of September. 



Sturtevant. 



Originated by E. T. Sturtevant, of Cleveland, 0., in 1826. Although an 

 old pe°ach. its originator has never brought it forward, and hence it is as 

 yet little known. It is unquestionably the best yellow-fleshed peach in 

 existence. Fridt, medium size or above, roundish, compressed ; shallow, 



