THE PEACH. 641 



Prince's Climax. 



Originated on the farm of George Mitchell, Flushing, Long 

 Island ; very productive. Fruit large, oval. Skin yellow, with 

 a crimson cheek, and two-thirds mottled with crimson. Flesh 

 yellow, very rich, aromatic, pineapple flavour ; adheres to the 

 stone. Ripens the middle and end of September. (WiUiam R. 

 Prince's MS.) 



Shanghae. 



Trees of this variety and Chinese Cling were sent to this 

 country by the late Mr. Winchester, while British Consul at 

 Shanghae. Tree vigorous. Glands reniform. Flowers large. 

 Fruit large, oval, truncate ; suture distinct, extending ft-om the 

 base to beyond the apex, deepening very much at the apex, so 

 as to form quite a cavity. Skin greenish-yellow, quite downy, 

 sometimes a little mottled, or shaded w^ith pale red. Flesh 

 greenish-yellow, very melting, juicy, adhering to the stone, with 

 a high, vinous flavour. Ripens from first to middle of Septem-. 

 ber. At the south, last of July and first of iVugust. 



Smith's Newington. Lind. Thomp. 



Early Newington, ^ of the 



Smith's Early Newington, \ English. 

 Early Newington. Coxe. 



This is one of the best early Clingstone peaches. It is of 

 English origin, and is little cultivated in this country. The 

 Early Newington of our gardens as generally known (see Early 

 Newington Freestone), is earlier and a very much finer variety, 

 with reniform glands, being a partial Clingstone, but most fre- 

 quently parting from the flesh, has quite supplanted it. 



Leaves serrated, without glands. Fruit middle-sized, rather 

 oval, narrower at the top, and one half a little enlarged. Skin 

 pale straw-colour, with a lively red cheek streaked with purple. 

 Flesh firm, pale yellow, but light red at the stone, to which it 

 adheres closely ; juicy, and of very good quality. Last of Au- 

 gust. Flowers large. 



What Mr. Thompson calls ^'•Newington of the Americans'''' is 

 a seedling cling with globose glands, and of second quality, quite 

 distinct from our Early Newington Freestone. 



Stephenson Cling. 



From Thomas Stephenson, Clark county, Ga. Fruit large, 

 roundish ; suture distinct. Skin very downy, of a creamy tint, 

 shaded w^ith flesh-colour — the tint deepening in the sun to a 

 dark, dull, purplish red where fully exposed. Flesh white, some- 

 what tinged with red, and deep red at the stone. Flesh very 



