THE PEACH. 609 



Belle de Vitry. Duh. Lind. Tliomp. 

 Admirable Tardive. Bellis. Mil 



This is not the Belle de Yitry of most of our gardens, which 

 is the Early Admirable ; it is quite distinct, also, from the Late 

 Admirable; but is the Belle de Vitry described by Duhamel, 

 and is a very firm-fleshed and excellent French variety, little 

 known in this country. 



Leaves serrated, without glands. Fruit middle size, rathei 

 broad, with a deep suture, the top depressed. Skin pale yel- 

 lowish-white, tinged and marbled with bright and dull red. 

 Flesh rather firm, red at the stone, melting, juicy, and rich. 

 Ripens here the last of Sep:.!nber. Flowers small. 



Briggs. 



Origin, Dedham, Mass. Hardy and productive. Fruit large, 

 roundish ; suture continued almost round it. Skin white, nearly 

 covered with bright red. Flesh white, tinged with red at the 

 stone ; very juicy, of a rich, sweet, slightly vinous flavour. Free- 

 stone. From first to middle of September. (Cole.) 



Cambridge Belle. 

 Hovey's Cambridge Belle. 



Raised by Hovey & Co., Boston, Mass. 



Fruit large, roundish. A beautiful peach, wdth a clear w^axen 

 skin, and a blush on the exposed side, and of a rich, brisk, deli- 

 cious flavour. Freestone. Ripe early in September. (Hov. 

 Mag.) 



Carpenter's White. 



. Raised by William S. Carpenter, upper part of New York 

 City. 



Tree vigorous and productive ; leaves very large, serrulate, 

 with globose glands. Fruit very large and round. Skin white, 

 wnth a slight shade of green. Flesh white to the stone, juicy, 

 melting, rich, and of excellent flavour ; separates from the stone. 

 Ripens about the middle of October, and promises to be a 

 valuable late market variety. (P. B. Mead, MS.) 



Chancellor. Mill. Lind. Thomp. 



Chancelliere, var. 0. Duh. Stewart's Late Galande 

 Noisette. Edgar's Late Melting. 



Late Chancellor. 



The Chancellor is a celebrated French peach, long cultivated 

 and highly esteemed abroad. It is said to have been origin- 

 uted by M. de Seo;uier, of Paris, then Chancellor of France, 



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