272 THE PEACH. 



VAEIETIES. 



The varieties of the peach have within a few years been largely 

 increased, but as the fruit is, when matured, quickly perishable, we 

 have endeavored to select out only those that are really valuable, 

 and that will furnish a perfect succession from earliest to latest. 

 Many varieties are undoubtedly good in their immediate locality, 

 and often perhaps equal the best, yet there seems no necessity for 

 increasing the numbers unless some evident superiority is found 

 either in fruit or tree. 



The periods of ripening, which we have attached to each variety, 

 mark its character on the southern shore of Lake Erie, in northern 

 Ohio. At Cincinnati it will often be found two weeks earlier, while 

 at Boston or Buffalo it will be eight or ten days later. 



CLASS I. Worthy General Cultivation. 

 BERGEN. 



Bergen 's Yellow. 



American. Tt much resembles Yellow Rareripe, but ripens about 

 ten days later ; a moderate regular bearer. Flowers, small ; glands, 

 reniform ; fruit, large, globular ; depressed, broad suture, distinct, 

 rather more than half round ; skin, deep orange, with a broad red 

 cheek ; flesh, yellow, melting, and of luscious flavor. Season, early 

 September. Freestone. 



BREVOORT. 



Brevoort's Morris. | Brevoort's Seedling Melter. 



American. A moderate but regular bearer. Flowers, small ; 

 planets, reniform ; fruit, medium to large, round ; rather broad dis- 

 tinct, suture, deep at apex ; skin, dingy, white, with a bright red 

 check ; flesh, firm, slightly red at stone, sweet and high flavored. 

 Reason, early September. Freestone. 



CRAWFORD'S EARLY. 



Crawford's Early Melocoton, | Early Crawford. 



American. As a market fruit, one of the most deservingly 

 popular of the yellow fleshed varieties; productive. Flowers, 



