DESCRIPTIONS OF PEACHES. 155 



DESCRIPTION OF SOME MOST VALUABLE VARIETIES OF PEACHES FOR 



THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. 



I. Freestones. Flesh light colored. 



A, Flowers large. 



1. MAGDALEN. 



Madeleine de Courson. Red Magdalen. True Red M-igda!en. French Magdalen. Madelient Rouge. 



Fruit rather less than the medium size, round. Color rather white ; cheek of a lively 

 ,red. Flesh white, and reddish at the stone ; juicy, with a ricli vinous flavor. Ripens 

 near the middle of August. 

 The Magdalen is regarded as a valuable peach, being both excellent and productive, as 



well as hardy. It is of French origin and not extensively known in this country. 



2. EARLY YORK. 



Early York of Downing. Large Early York. Serrate Early York of Thomas. 



Fruit of the medium size, roundish ; suture slight; form symmetrical. Color rather pale 

 red, and thickly dotted ; in the sun, dark red. Flesh greenish white ; tender and melt- 

 ing ; juicy and rich. Ripens near the middle of August to the first of September. 

 The Early York has been cultivated extensively in the peach growing States, and is 



one of the most popular early peaches. Downing remarks that it should have a place in 



every garden. 



3. NOBLESSE. Plate 69. 



Vanguard. Mellish Favorite. 



Fruit of the medium size or larger, roundish or oblong, terminating at the apex in a dis- 

 tinct acute point. Color pale yellow, with a greenish tinge, and rather clouded, and 

 shaded with a dull red in the sun ; deeper around the apex. Flesh pale greenish white; 

 juicy, with a high and rich flavor. Stone rather small, around which there are a few 

 radiations of red. 

 The Noblesse is of English origin, and has ever borne a high reputation for its good 



qualities. It ripens the last of August. The tree is hardy and productive. 



4. MALTA 

 Fruit rather large ; suture broad and siiallow. Color pale green, but doited or mottled 

 with dull purple in tiie sun. Flesh greenish, siigliily red at tiie stone; juicy and 

 melting; sub-acid, with a fine vinous flavor. It bears moderately. Ripens the last of 

 August. 



