PERSIC A, PEACH TREE. 9 



where infrequently some red veins are seen. 



The juice of this small peach is plentiful, slightly sugary and wine-like, which 

 ranks it among the finer peaches. 



The pit is small, nine lignes long, seven lignes wide, & six lignes thick. It doesn't 

 separate easily from the flesh. 



The fruit remains on the tree for a long time. It ripens about the end of August, 

 coinciding with the ripening of the last of the red early peaches. 



IV. Summer PEACH TREE with small flowers and smaller fruit with golden yellow flesh. 

 Yellow EARLY PEACH. 



In its habit, flowers, shoots, and leaves this tree resembles the one that follows. 



The fruit isn't as big as the Double de Troyes & it ripens at the same time. Its 

 diameter is a little less than its length. The stalk inserts into a deep & very wide cavity. A 

 not very deep groove divides it lengthwise, sometimes with an elevation resembling a rib. 

 At the top it terminates in a large pointed projection recurved like a hood. 



The skin is a deep red-brown on the side in the sun & golden yellow on the 

 shaded side. It's covered all over with thick tan down. 



The flesh is golden yellow except next to the pit & sometimes underneath the skin 

 where it's carmine-red. 



The juice is sugary & sweet. 



The pit is red and its size is proportional to the size of the fruit. It terminates in a 

 blunt point. 



