THE PEACH. 629 



RED-CHEEK MELOCOTON.* 



Malagatune. Yellow Malocoton. 



Malacatune. Yellow Malagatune. 



Hogg's Melocoton. Red Cheek Malocoton. 



The Melocoton (or Malagatune, as it is commonly called) is almost 

 too well known to need description. Almost every orchard and garden 

 in the country contains it, and hundreds of thousands of bushels of the 

 fruit are raised and sent to market in this country every year. It is a 

 beautiful and fine fruit in favorable seasons, though in unfavorable ones 

 the acid frequently predominates somewhat in its flavor. It is an 

 American seedling, and is constantly reproducing itself under new forms, 

 most of the varieties in this section having, directly or indirectly, been 

 raised from it ; the finest and most popular at the present time being 

 Crawford's Early and Late Melocotons, both greatly superior, in every 

 respect, to the original Melocoton. 



Pettit's Imperial, Middleton's Imperial, Scott's Nonpareil, and Tice, 

 are seedlings of this variety, but not sufficiently distinct and valuable 

 to merit cultivation. Leaves with globose glands. Flowers small. 



Fruit large, roundish oval, with a swollen point at the top. Skin, 

 yellow, with a deep red cheek. Flesh deep yellow, red at the stone, 

 juicy, melting, with a good, rich, vinous flavor. First of September. 

 Freestone. 



RED NUTMEG. 



Avant Rouge. Red Avant. 



Avant Peche de Troyes. Brown Nutmeg. 



Early Red Nutmeg. 



The Red Nutmeg is a very small and inferior Peach, which has long 

 been cultivated solely on account of its earliness. It is now seldom 

 seen in our gardens, being abandoned for better sorts. It is desirable, 

 however, in a complete collection. The tree grows slowly, and is of 

 dwarf habit. Leaves small, with reniform glands. Flowers large. 



Fruit small, roundish, with a distinct suture, terminating in a small, 

 round, swollen point at the top. Skin pale yellow, with a bright, rich 

 red cheek. Flesh yellowish white, red at the stone, with a sweet and 

 rather pleasant flavor. Middle and last of July. Freestone. 



RED RARERIPE. 

 Large Red Rareripe, of some. Early Red Rareripe. 



This Peach strongly resembles the Royal George, and we believe it 

 an American seedling from that variety, which is, however, distinct, and 

 superior in flavor. 



It must be observed, that this is totally different both from the 

 Early York and Morris's Red Rareripe, with which it is often con- 

 founded by some. The fruit is larger, broader, and a week later than 

 the first ; and its serrated leaves, and different flavor, separate it widely 

 from the latter. Ends of the branches sometimes slightly mildewed, 

 Leaves serrated, without glands. Flowers small. 



* Melocoton is the Spanish for Peach. 



