THE PEACH. 629 



CLASS II. 

 Freestone Peaches with Deep Yellow Flesh.^ 



Abricotj&e. Thomp. 0. Duh. 



Yellow Admirable. Admirable Jaune. 0. JDuh. Nbis. 



Apricot Peach. D'Abricot. 



Grrosse Jaune Tardive. D'Orange. (Orange Peach. Ken.) 



The Apricot Peach (or Yellow Admirable, as it is more fre- 

 quently called) is an old French variety, but little cultivated in 

 this country, though deserving of attention in the Middle States. 

 It ripens very late, and is thought to have a slight apricot fla- 

 vour. It grows with moderate vigour, and bears abundantly. 



Leaves with reniform glands. Fruit large, roundish-oval, 

 with a small suture running on one side only. Skin clear yel- 

 low- all over, or faintly touched with red next the sun. Flesh 

 yellow, but a little red at the stone, firm, rather dry, with a 

 sweet and agreeable flavour. Stone small. Ripens at the be- 

 ginning of October. Flowers large. 



Bergen's Yellow. 



Bergen's Yellow is a native, we believe, of Long Island. It is 

 very large, and of very delicious flavour. It is darker coloured, 

 more depressed in form, rather finer flavoured, and ripens some 

 days later than the Yellow Rareripe, which it much resembles. 

 It is a moderate, but good bearer. It is earlier, and much supe- 

 rior to the Melocoton, and its glands distinguish it, also, from 

 that variety. 



Leaves with reniform glands. Fruit large (often measuring 

 nine inches in circumference), globular, depressed, and broad; 

 the suture well marked, and extending more than half round. 

 Skin deep orange, dotted with some red, and with a very broad, 

 dark-red cheek. Flesh deep yellow, melting, juicy, and of rich 

 and luscious flavour. Ripens at the beginning of September. 

 Flowers small. 



Columbia. Coxe. 

 Pace. 

 The Columbia is a singular and pecuHar peach. It was 

 raised by Mr. Coxe, the author of the first American work on 



* Nearly all this class are of American origin, and the Yellow Alberge 

 of Europe is the original type. They are not so rich as Class I., and re- 

 quire our hot summers to bring out their flavour. In a cold chmate, the 

 acid is always prevalent. Hence they are inferior in England, and at the 

 northern limits of the peach in this country 



