274 PEACHES. 



Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers small, 

 pale blush. Fruit middle sized, somewhat narrower at 

 the apex than at the base, with a considerable fulness 

 on one side of the suture, which is rather deeply marked. 

 Skin pale yellow, tinged with red on the sunny side. 

 Flesh pale yellow, quite to the stone, to which it firmly 

 adheres. Juice plentiful, pretty good. 



Ripe the middle of September. 



This is not Braddick's American Peach of the Hort. 

 Trans. Vol. ii. p. 205. 1. 13., which appears to be a 

 melting peach. Some description ought to have ac- 

 companied that plate. 



54. CATHARINE. Langley,Pom.t.33.f.6. G.LindL 

 in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 549. Pom. Mag. t. 9. 



Leaves crenate, with reniform glands, narrower than 

 in many others, and puckered on each side of the mid- 

 rib. Flowers small, reddish. Fruit above the middle 

 size, rather more long than broad, generally more 

 swelled on one side of the suture than on the other, and 

 terminated by a small nipple, very uneven at the base. 

 Skin pale yellowish green on the side next the wall, and 

 thickly sprinkled with red dots ; but on the sunny side 

 it is of a beautiful red, marked and streaked with a 

 darker colour. Flesh firm, yellowish white, but very 

 red at the stone, to which it closely adheres. Juice 

 plentiful, and, if thoroughly ripened, in a fine warm 

 season it is richly flavoured. Stone middle-sized, 

 roundish oval, very slightly pointed. ^ 



Ripe the end of September and beginning of October. 



The Catherine Peach ripened at Twickenham, in 

 1727> on a south wall, September 15th, O. S., or Sep- 

 tember 26th, N. S. Langley. 



This tree should always be planted against a south 

 wall, in order to give it every advantage in ripening ; 

 and, to be eaten in perfection, it should have been 

 gathered a few days. There is no doubt as to this being 



