442 Van Zandfs Superb Peach. 



we have ever seen, having a clear, smooth, and very waxen 

 skin, and, with its fine quahties, is well deserving of exten- 

 sive cultivation. 



Size, medium, about two and a half inches long, and two 

 and a half in diameter : Form, roundish obovate, slightly an- 

 gular, little swollen about the middle on one side, tapering to 

 an obtuse point at the stem, and slightly narrowing to the 

 crown, which is oblique : Skin, fair, smooth, waxen, uniform 

 pale lemon yellow, profusely sprinkled with very minute, pale 

 russet, specks, considerably russeted around the eye, and a few 

 grayish patches on the shady side : Stem, short, about half an 

 inch in length, moderately stout, smooth, brown, inserted with- 

 out any cavity on a slightly depressed base : Eye, large, 

 open, sunk in a rather large basin ; segments of the calyx 

 broad, long, reflexed, lying back upon the surface of the fruit : 

 Flesh, white, rather coarse, melting, very juicy : Flavor, rich, 

 and vinous, without much perfume : Core, large : Seeds, small, 

 pale brown. Ripe in October. 



Art. III. Descriptive Account of Vaii Zandfs Superb Peach, 

 By Wm. R. Prince, Flushing, L. I. 



Van Zanut's Superb Peach. 



Waxen Rareripe of some Catalogues. 



This admirable variety originated from seed in the garden 

 of R. B. Van Zandt, of Long Island, who presented the fruit 

 and scions to my father and self, and from us it received its 

 title. It was also called, by some of Mr. Van Zandt's neighbors, 

 the " Waxen Rareripe," on account of its beautiful waxen ap- 

 pearance. Some persons have, for several years, been vend- 

 ing another variety, or varieties, under this name, the fruit of 

 the spurious kind being round, and bearing no resemblance to 

 the genuine kind, and there does not, perhaps, exist at pres- 

 ent a single tree of the true variety, except in our specimen 

 orchard and nursery grounds. Mr. Downing has described 

 a spurious variety in his work, totally different from the gen- 

 uine one. The following description will serve as a guide to 



