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JOSE SWEET. 



American. Flowers, small ; glands, globose ; fruit, medium, roundish, 

 broad ; suture, deep ; greenish white, dull red cheek, juicy, delicious fla- 

 vor. Last September. Freestone. 



JONES' EARLY. 



American. Glands, globose ; fruit, medium, roundish, yellowish white, 

 with pale red in sun ; flesh, yellowish white, red at stone, juicy. Middle 

 August. Freestone. (Hovey.) 



JONES' LARGE EARLY. 



American. Glands, reniform ; fruit, large, roundish flattened ; suture, 

 deep ; greenish white with crimson cheek ; flesh, white, melting, pink at 

 stone. Middle August. Freestone. (Hovey.) 



INCOMPARABLE. 



Pavie Admirable, | Late Admirable Cling. 



Foreign. Valuable only for market. Trees, healthy, productive ; 

 flowers, small ; glands, reniform ; fruit, large, roundish, swelling a little 

 on one side, yellowish white, with red cheek ; flesh yellowish white, red 

 at stone, juicy. Late September. Clingstone. 



MONSTROUS CLINGSTONE. 



Pavie de Pompone, 

 Monstrous Pompone, 

 Monstrous Pavie, 

 Pavie de Pomponne Grosse, 



Pavie Monstrueux, 

 Pavie Rouge de Pompone, 

 Pavie Camu, 

 Gros Melocoton, 



Gros Persique Rouge. 



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. Last October. Clingstone. 



MADEIRA. 



Hill's Madeira, | Madeira Freestone. 



American. A variety now little known, and, we think, never much 

 out of southern Ohio. Fruit, large, roundish ; suture, well marked, not 

 deep ; yellow, with rich red cheek ; flesh, yellowish, rather firm, rich, 

 and, in warm seasons, sugary and delicious. Early September. Free- 

 stone. 



MERRIAM. 



American. Glands, globose ; large, oval, light yellow, red cheek ; flesh, 

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



MRS. POINSETT. 

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



