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THE CATHARINE PEACH 



Catharine Peach. Langley's Poniona, t. 33, f. 6. Switzer's 

 Fruit Gardener, p. 97. Miller's Dictionary, ed. 8, no. 30. 

 Hitt's Treatise, p. 322. Forsytes Treatise, ed. 5, p. 37. 

 G. LzW% in Hort. Trans. 5, 549, no. 89. flbrt. Soc. 

 Catalogue, p. 73. 



An old and very valuable variety, ripening in the 

 end of September and beginning of October, and 

 possessing far greater merit than any other of our 

 late Clingstone Peaches. When fully matured, it 

 is excellent and extremely beautiful ; but to be eaten 

 in perfection, it should have been gathered a few 

 days. It is said to force well, which is an import- 

 ant quality ; for from want of solar heat in this 

 climate, all the Clingstone Peaches acquire their 

 flavour most perfectly in a forcing-house. It is an 

 abundant bearer, and according to Forsyth, well 

 adapted for tarts. 



It is remarkable, that although it appears, from 

 an old Catalogue of the Chartreux .Garden, that the 

 Catharine was long since sent to France, under the 

 name of La Belle Catharine, no trace of it is to be 

 found in the great French works on Pomology. 



In the Catalogue of Fruits cultivated in the 

 Garden of the Horticultural Society, the Green 



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