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OWEN. 

 Owen's Lemon, | Owen's Lemon Rareripe. 



American. Glands, globose; fruit, large, roundish; suture, distinct; 

 yellow, purplish red in sun ; flesh, yellow, red at stone, juicy, sweet. 

 Middle September. Freestone. 



PARAGON. 



Prince's Paragon. 



American. Flowers, large ; glands, globose ; fruit, large, roundish oval J 

 yellowish green, with red cheek ; suture, shallow, terminating in a point 

 at apex ; flesh, white, red at stone, juicy, sweet, rich. Middle September. 

 Freestone. 



POINSETT. 



American ; originated in South Carolina. Glandless ; fruit, large, 

 roundish oval ; ruddy yellow ; flesh, firm, juicy. September. Clingstone. 



POOLE'S YELLOW. 



Poole's Large Yellow, | Poole's Late Yellow Freestone. 



American. Glands, reniform ; fruit, large, roundish ; suture, half round ; 

 deep yellow, dark red cheek ; flesh, yellow, red at stone, rich, juicy. Last 

 of September. Freestone. 



SNOW. 



American; only suited to sunny exposures, and rich, deep, warm 

 soils. Flowers, small ; glands, reniform ; fruit, medium, round ; suture, 

 slight; skin, thin; clear white; flesh, white, juicy. Early September. 

 Freestone. The blossoms of this variety are white, and the wood is a 

 light green. 



SHANGHAI. 



From north of China. Flowers, large ; leaves, creneated; glands, reni- 

 form ; fruit, large, roundish ; pale yellow in shade, crimson red in sun ; 

 flesh, pale yellow, deep red at the stone, to which it partially adheres. 

 (Jour. L. H. Society.) 



SITES' OLD ZACK. 



A variety esteemed at Columbus, Ohio, where it originated. Fruit, 

 above medium ; yellow, with dull red cheek ; flesh, yellow, juicy, separat- 

 ing freely from the stone. 1st to 15th September. 



SKINNER'S SUPERB. 



A freestone yellow peach, originated at the South, where it ripens early 

 in August, and is regarded as " very good." 



