THE PEACH. 615 



Fruit large, roundish. Skin pale green, with a red cheek only when 

 exposed to the sun. Flesh greenish white, red at the stone, very juicy, 

 melting, and very good flavor. Freestone. Requires a warm season to 

 bring it to perfection. Ripe from the first to middle of September. 



GROSSE MIGNONNE. 



Royal Kensington. Neil's Early Purple. 



Grimwood's Royal George. Johnson's Early Purple. 



New Royal George. Mignonne. 



Large French Mignonne. Veloutee de Merlet. 



French Mignonne. Pourpree de Normandie. 



Swiss Mignonne. La Roy ale. 



Purple Avant. Pourpree Hative. 



Early Purple Avant. Ronald's Seedling Galande. 



Early May. Royal Sovereign. 



Early Vineyard. Superb Royal. 



The Grosse Mignonne is certainly the " world-renowned " of Peaches. 

 It is everywhere esteemed as one of the most delicious of varieties. 

 Leaves with globose glands. Flowers large. 



Fruit large, roundish, always somewhat depressed, and marked with 

 a hollow suture at the top. Skin pale greenish yellow, mottled with 

 red, and having a purplish-red cheek. Flesh yellowish white, marked 

 with red at the stone, melting, juicy, with a very rich, high, vinous fla- 

 vor. Stone small, and very rough. Middle of August, before the 

 Royal George. Freestone. 



HAINES' EARLY RED. 



An early Peach, originated in New Jersey, of very fine flavor, and 

 so hardy and productive as to be a popular orchard fruit. Leaves with 

 globose glands. Flowers small. 



Fruit of medium size, round, depressed at the top, with a well- 

 marked suture extending round the fruit, which is always one half larger 

 than the other. Skin pale white, marked with red, and nearly covered 

 with deep red. Flesh greenish white, very juicy, melting, sweet, 

 and well-flavored. Middle of August. 



HALE'S EARLY. 

 Early German. 



This very early and profitable market Peach was originated in Sum- 

 mit Co., O., by a German, and was first distributed under the name 

 Early German. The tree is quite hardy and productive, maturing the 

 earliest of any good sort. Leaves with globose glands. Flowers large. 



Fruit medium size, nearly round. Skin greenish, mostly covered 

 and mottled with red when ripe. Flesh white, melting, juicy, rich, 

 sweet. Freestone. Last of July. 



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HARKER'S SEEDLING. 



Origin, New Jersey. Glands globose. Flowers small. 

 Fruit large, roundish, mostly covered with red. ^Flesh yellowish, 

 sweet, juicy. Early September. Freestone. (Elliott.) 



