THE PEACH. 



MERRIAM. 



American. Glands, gionose; large, oval, light yellow, red cheek ; lesh, 

 yellow, red at stone, juicy, sweet. Free-stone. Last September. (Cole.) 



MOORE'S FAVORITE. 



American. Glands, globose ; fruit, large, roundish, white, bright blush; 

 flesh, white, juicy, vinous. Free-stone. Early September. (Cole.) 



MOORE'S JUNE. 



Below medium, globular ; suture, shallow ; cavity, deep ; skin, yel- 

 lowish, nearly covered in the shade with red dots and marblings, and deep 

 red in the sun ; flesh, white, marbled with red from the skin to the stone 

 in the darker colored ones, but red only at the stone where grown in the 

 shade, juicy, vinous, pleasantly flavored, and good ; flowers, small : glands, 

 reniform. Free-stone. Origin, Athens, Ga. Last of June and first of July. 

 (William N. White, MS.) 



MOLDEN'S WHITE. 



Origin, Molden Mountain, on the Chesapeake ; a fine white peach, valu- 

 able for its lateness. 



Fruit, large, oblong ; suture, on one side, distinct, one side usually a 

 little larger than the other ; skin, creamy white, rarely with a tinge of red ; 

 flesh, white to the stone, juicy, sweet, melting, and excellent. Separates 

 from the stone. Ripe last of September, and first of October. 



MONSTROUS CLINGSTONE. 



Pa vie de Pompone, I Pavie de Pomponne Grosse, I Pavle Camu 

 Monstrous Pompone, Pavie Monstreux, | Gros Melocoton, 



Monstrous Pavie, | Pavie Kouge de Pompone, \ Gros Persique Eouge. 



Foreign. A variety which succeeds finely in rich, deep soils, often of 

 very fine flavor, but apt to be deficient. Its very large size makes it sell 

 readily. Flowers, large ; glands, reniform ; fruit, very large, roundish oval, 

 swollen point at apex, obtuse ; suture, marked half round ; skin, yellowish 

 white, with red mostly overspreading it : flesh, firm, yellowish white, deep 

 red at stone, juicy. C ling-stone. Last October. 



MONTGOMERY'S LATE. 



Glands, reniform; flowers, large ; fruit, large, round, depressed at apex ; 

 suture, shallow, but distinct ; skin, downy, yellowish white, dotted with 

 red, and having a dull red cheek ; flesh, pale white, red at the stone, very 

 juicy, melting, and of very fine flavor. Separates from the stone. A hardy 

 and desirable kind. Ripens the first of September, and continues nearly all 

 the month. (Wrn. N. White, MS.) 



MORRISANIA. 



Morrisania Pound, | Hoffman's Pound, | Morrison's Pound. 

 American. Glands, globose ; fruit, large, round, greenish white, dull red 

 eheek ; flesh, yellowish white ; poor bearer. September. 



MRS. POINSETT. 



American. Origin in South Carolina. Glands, globose; fruit, large, 

 globular; suture, distinct, regular ; skin, brownish yellow, veined with red; 

 flesh, yellowish, juiey, partially cling-stone. First September, 



