THE PEACH. 635 



Skin deep orange yellow, somewhat clotted witli red, the cheek 

 rich red, shaded otf in streaks. Flesh deep yellow, but red at the 

 stone, juicy, melting, with a rich and excellent vinous flavour. 

 Ripens from the 25th to the 30th of August. Stone small. 

 Flowers small. 



CLASS III. 

 Clingstone Peaches {or Pavies). 



Blood Clingstone. Floy. 



Claret Clingstone. Blood Cling. 



The Blood Clingstone is a very large and peculiar fruit, of no 

 value for eating, but esteemed by many for pickling and pre- 

 serving ; the flesh very red, like that of a beet. This is an 

 American seedling, raised many years ago from the French 

 Blood Clingstone — Sanguinole a Chair Adherente. It is a 

 much larofer fruit than the orio-inal sort, which has laro-e flowers, 

 otherwise they are the same in all respects. 



Leaves with reniform glands. Fruit often very large, round- 

 ish, oval, with a distinct suture. Skin very downy, of a dark, 

 dull, clouded, purplish red. Flesh deep red throughout, firm 

 and juicy — not fit for eating. September to October. Flowers 

 small. 



There is a French Blood Freestone [Sanguinole^ Sanguine^ 

 Cardinale^ or Betrave, Duh. Thomp.) of the same nature, and 

 used for the same purpose as this, but smaller in size, and not 

 equal to it for cooking. Leaves without glands. 



, Blanton Cling. 



Leaves large. Glands reniform. Fruit large, and shaped like 

 Lemon Cling, with the same projecting, swollen point. Skin 

 rich orange, with a slightly reddened cheek. Flesh orange yel- 

 low, firm, but full of a delicious, vinous juice. Later and better 

 than Lemon Cling. Reproduces itself from seed. Ripens 10th 

 August. (White's Gard.) 



Bordeaux Cling. 



Raised from a stone brought from Bordeaux. Fruit large, 

 oblong, or oval ; a little one-sided ; suture shallow. Skin very 

 downy, lemon yellow, with a red cheek. Flesh yellow, red at 

 the stone (to which it clings), juicy, melting, and of an excellent 

 vinous flavour : one of the best of its season. First of August 

 (Wm. N. WTiite, MS.) 



