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with red, which becomes a very dark red when fully exposed 

 in the sun. Flesh red at the stone, a little firm, but juicy, with 

 a good, vinous, but not rich flavour. Second week in Septem- 

 ber. Flowers small. 



Fox's Seedling. 



A good and productive late peach, a native of New-Jersey. 



Leaves with globose glands. Fruit round, a little compressed 

 cavity at the stalk narrow. Skin white, with a red cheek. 

 Flesh melting, juicy, sweet, and good. Middle of September 

 Flowers small. 



FULKERSON. 



Fulkerson's Early. 



Originated with R. P. Fulkerson, Ashland, Ohio. Hardy and 

 productive. Fruit medium, obtuse, rounded ; sides irregular, 

 unequal ; suture half round. Skin w^hitish, rich red cheek. 

 Flesh whitish-yellow, tinged with red at the pit. Juicy, rich, 

 sweet, and high-flavoured. Freestone. 20th August. (Elliott.) 



George the Fourth. Floy. Lind. Thomp. 



This is certainly the most popular peach for garden culture 

 in the United States. It is large, bears regular and moderate 

 crops, is of the highest flavour, and the tree is unusually hardy 

 and vigorous, succeeding Avell in all parts of the country. No 

 garden should be without it. The original tree stood, not long 

 since, in the garden of Mr. Gill, Broad-street, New-York. 



Leaves large, with globose glands, often obscure. Fruit large, 

 round, deeply divided by a broad suture, and one half a little 

 larger than the other. Skin pale yellowish-white, finely dotted 

 with bright red, and deepening into a rich dark-red cheek on 

 one side. Flesh pale, marked with red at the stone (which is 

 small), melting, very juicy, with a remarkably rich, luscious 

 flavour. Ripens the last of August. Flowers small. 



Large Early York, Honest John, and Haine's Early Red, are 

 said to be synonymous with this. Further trial is necessary to 

 decide. 



GORGAS. 



Originated w^ith Benjamin GuUis, Philadelphia. Growth vig- 

 orous. Leaf glandless. Flowers small. Size rather large, round- 

 ish, with a small swollen point at the apex. Skin yellowish- 

 white, clouded, and blotched with red on the exposed surface ; 

 iull greenish on the shaded parts. Suture indistinct; cavity 

 ieep and wide. Fl^sh whitish, slightly stained at the stone ; 

 •nicy, non-adherent. Flavour saccharine, and exceedingly lus- 



