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melting, sweet, excellent. Middle to end of August. Flowers 

 small. 



HALES' EARLY. Medium, nearly round, skin mottled red, dark 

 red cheek ; flesh white, melting, juicy, and high flavored, free from 

 the stone. Flowers large. Last of July and first of August. 

 Tree vigorous, healthy, an abundant bearer, ripening ten days or 

 two weeks before any other good variety. 



Hastings Rareripe. Rather large, roundish, sometimes slightly 

 flattened, skin yellowish white, shaded purplish red ; juicy, excel- 

 lent. Middle of September. Flowers small. 



Jones' Early. Medium, roundish, suture shallow, distinct ; yellow- 

 ish white, with pale red ; flesh slightly reddened at stone, juicy, 

 rich, excellent. Twentieth of August. Staten Island, N. Y. 



LARGE EARLY YORK. (Early York, Honest John.) Large, round- 

 ish, inclining to oblate in fully grown specimens, nearly white in 

 the shade, with red dots, and with a deep red cheek to the sun ; 

 flesh nearly white, fine grained, very juicy, with mild, rich, excel- 

 lent flavor. Flowers small. 



The NEW YORK RARERIPE (a name which has been more or less 

 applied to nearly all the early red peaches sent to New York 

 market), or Livingston's New York Rareripe, is usually regarded 

 as identical with the large Early York, but the late T. Hancock, 

 of Burlington, considered them distinct, the New York Rareripe 

 being rather superior, and ripening three days later. 



Late Admirable. (La Royale, Bourdine, Teton de Venus, Judd's 

 Melting. Motteux's, Late Purple incorrectly?) Quite large, round- 

 ish, inclining to oval, with a deep suture extending nearly round, 

 and an acute swollen point at the apex ; surface pale yellowish 

 green, with a pale red cheek, marbled with darker red ; flesh 

 greenish white, red at the stone, juicv, delicate, flavor excellent. 

 Flowers small. Season rather late. Of French origin. 



LATE RED RARERIPE. Large, roundish-oval, apex marked with a 

 depressed suture and sunken point ; skin rather downy, pale 

 greyish yellow, spotted and thickly marbled, deep dull red to the 

 sun, and with fawn-colored specks ; flesh white, deep red at the 

 stone, juicy, with a very rich and high flavor. The fruit is dis- 

 tinguished by its peculiar greyish cast. Flowers small. Season, 

 the first two weeks of autumn. American. 



Mcore^s Favorite. Large, roundish, white, with a blush ; flesb 

 white, rich, vinous. Stone small, free. Early in September 

 Mass. 



Morris'' Red Rareripe. Large, roundish, apex slightly depressed, 

 suture moderate, distinct ; surface greenish white, with a bright 

 rich red cheek ; flesh greenish white, quite red at the stone, juicy, 



