THE PEACH. 611 



Noblesse. It is of French origin, and is a favourite variety 

 with the English gardeners. We think it one of the finest 

 peaches in this climate. 



Leaves serrated, without glands. Fruit of medium size, 

 roundish, but somewhat narrower at the top. Skin pale green- 

 ish-white, with a soft red cheek, which is marbled with darker 

 red at maturity. Flesh white to the stone, very delicate and 

 melting, with a plentiful and high-flavoured juice. Stone ovate 

 and rugged. Middle of August. Flowers large. 



DRUID HILL. 



Originated by Lloyd N. Rogers, Esq., of Druid Hill, near 

 Baltimore. The tree is unusually vigorous, the shoots and 

 leaves very large, and it bears abundantly. The very late sea- 

 son of its maturity renders it valuable, as most of the luscious 

 sorts are then gone. 



Leaves with globose glands. Fruit large, roundish; the ca- 

 vity at the stalk rather narrow, the suture very slight, and the 

 swollen point distinct, but scarcely prominent. Skin pale green- 

 ish-white, clouded with red on the sunny side. Flesh greenish- 

 white, purple at the stone, very juicy and melting, with an ex- 

 ceedingly rich, high vinous flavour. Stone long and rather 

 compressed, much furrowed. Ripens from the 20th of Septem- 

 ber to the 1st of October. Flowers small. 



EARLY ANNE. Lind. Thomp. 

 Anne. Lang. Forsyth. Green Nutmeg. 



The Early Anne is an old and familiar English sort. It is 

 the first peach of any value that ripens, the Red and White 

 Nutmegs being too small, and of indifferent flavour; and the 

 Early Anne, itself, is so inferior to the Early Tillotson (which 

 ripens at the same time), that it will soon scarcely be cultivated, 

 except by amateurs. The tree is of slender growth. 



Leaves serrated, without glands. Fruit rather small, round. 

 Skin white, with a faint tinge of red next the sun. Flesh white 

 to the stone, soft, melting, sweet, and of pleasant flavour. Last 

 of July, and first of August. Flowers large, nearly white. 



Fay's Early Anne, a seedling of the above by Lincoln Fay, 

 of Chautauque Co., N. Y., is larger and better: ripens a week or 

 two later, and just before Early York (serrate). Skin whitish, 

 sometimes slightly tinged with red. Flesh white, juicy, melt- 

 ing, and very good. 



EARLY TILLOTSON. N 



The Early Tillotson is considered by many persons one of the 

 best of the very early freestone peaches, It is a variety from 



