294 THE PEACH. 



Blood Cling-stone. 

 Claret ClLng-stone, j Blood Cling. 

 American. Valuable only for pickling and preserving. Flowers, small ; 

 glands, reniform; fruit, often measuring twelve inches round; suture, dis- 

 tinct, skin, downy, dark, clouded, purplish red ; flesh, deep red throughout, 

 firm, juicy. Last September. 



The old French Blood Cling-stone is a smaller fruit than the above, and 

 also has large flowers. The Blood Free-stone is a variety of above, medium 

 size, glandless leaves, and less valuable. 



Bordeaux Cling. 

 American. Fruit, large, oblong oval, one-sided ; color, lemon yellow, 

 red cheek; flesh, yellow, red at stone, juicy, melting, excellent. Early 



August. 



Cj^ble's Late. 



Cable's Late Melocoton. 

 American. A seedling of the old Red Cheek, and resembles**Crawford 

 Late, only ripening some six days earlier. Free-stone. 



Cambridge Belle. 

 Hovey's Cambridge Belle. 

 American. Large, roundish, white with a blush, red cheek, juicy ; 

 '• good." Free-stone. Early September. (Hovey.) 



Carmine. 

 American. Glands, reniform ; flowers, small ; fruit, large, oblong, red- 

 dish ; flesh, juicy, sweet. Free-stone. August. 



Carpenter's White. 

 Raised by Wm. S. Carpenter, upper part of New York City. Tree, vig- 

 orous and productive ; leaves, very large, serrulate, with globose glands. 

 Fruit, very large and round ; skin, white, with a slight shade of green : 

 flesh, white to the stone, juicy, melting, rich, and of excellent flavor ; sepa- 

 rates from the stone. Ripens about the middle of October, and promises to 

 be a valuable late market variety. 



Chinese Peach. 

 Flat Peacb of China, | Java Peach, | Peen To. 

 Foreign. Glands, reniform ; flowers, large ; fruit, small, flattened, long, 

 yellowish green, and pale red ; skin, thin ; pale yellow, red at stone, to 

 which it adheres; juicy, delicate, vinous flavor; fitted only for the ama- 

 teur's garden. September; July, at the South. 



Chinese Cling. 

 Reniform glands. Flowers, small; fruit, large, globular; sides, com- 

 pressed: suture, quite shallow; skin, creamy white, shaded and marbled 

 with fine red ; flesh, white, red at the stone (which is adherent), very 

 juicy, melting, with a rich, excellent vinous flavor. Ripens first to middle 

 of September: at the South, from the middle of July to first of August. 

 Tree, vigorous and productive. Imported from China. (Downing.) 



Clarke. 

 American. Large, roundish, yellow, red blush ; flesh, yellow, red at 

 Btone, juicy, sugary, fine. Early September. (Cole.) 



