pale yellowish-green with carmine flush and a few 

 broad stripes. Flesh, firm, juicy, white, flavour 

 pleasant. Eye, half open, in a very deep and wide 

 basin, which is a little plaited on the sides. Stem, 

 short, in a very deep, round and even cavity. Growth 

 vigorous ; fertility, moderate. Leaf, medium, flat 

 serrate, long oval, held flat, undulating, turns pale 

 yellow. Origin, raised by Mr. Charles Ross, from 

 Peasgood Nonsuch. Introduced by Messrs. Clibran, 

 Altrincham. A most attractive fruit of great promise. 



River's Codlin : see Thomas Rivers. 



RIVERS' EARLY PEACH. Dessert, mid-August, 

 medium, 3j by 2}, flat conical, falling away to eye in 

 flat sided angles. Colour, palest creamy-yellow with 

 sometimes a faint flush. Flesh, white, granular, sweet, 

 aromatic, apt to be a little dry. Eye, closed in a broad 

 slightly ribbed basin. Stem, very short in a wide 

 shallow cavity, a green tinge remains round stem when 

 fruit is ripe. Growth, distinctly upright. Leaf, 

 narrow, oval, down-hanging, flat, finely crenate, falling 

 early. Origin, raised by Mr. Rivers. 



Roman Beauty : see Rome Beauty. 

 Rome : see Rome Beauty. 



ROME BEAUTY. New York, I. p. 290. (Belle de 

 Rome, Roman Beauty, Rome.) Culinary or dessert, 

 till May, large, 3 by 2|, nearly round, even. Colour, 

 pale yellow, almost covered with bright red flush and 

 some broad broken stripes showing through. Flesh, 

 palest yellow, crisp, juicy, a little sweet, not any marked 

 flavour. Eye, closed, in a shallow, slightly ribbed 

 basin. Stem, always long, in a shallow russet cavity. 

 Growth, medium, at first upright, then slightly dropping. 

 Leaf, long oval. Origin, raised by Mr. Gillett, in 

 Lawrence, Ohio Co. Introduced in 1848. This 

 American variety is under trial and so far seems promis- 

 ing, and if it crops sufficiently well and is resistent to 

 canker it should be a valuable late market variety. 



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