PERSICA, PEACH TREE. 17 



Its skin is covered with fine thick down. It's a beautiful deep red on the side facing 

 the sun. The other side is flecked with very tiny bright red spots, which make the skin 

 look somewhat red when they're fairly big & close together. The skin is thin & easily 

 separates from the flesh. 



The flesh is delicate & very soft. It's white except around the pit where it takes on 

 a bit of very bright red. It's unusual to see any of that underneath the skin, even on the sun 

 side. 



The juice is plentiful, very refined & delicious. 



The pit is red and deeply creviced. It doesn't adhere to the flesh at all. 



This lovely peach, which can be regarded as one of the best, ripens at the 

 beginning of August, usually before the white Madeleine. 



XIII. PEACH TREE with small flowers and late, round, dark red and very sweet fruit. 

 Late PURPLE PEACH TREE. (PL IX.) 



This peach tree is a vigorous one. 



Its shoots are big. 



The leaves are large, very lightly denticulate, wrinkled along the midrib, and 

 folded & bent around in different directions. 



The flowers are very small. 



The fruit is big, round, two inches four lignes long & two inches seven lignes in 

 diameter. Sometimes it's slightly flattened at the top. The stalk is set into a very wide 

 recess. The groove isn't very distinct & the protuberance is barely perceptible. 



The skin, covered with a fine down, is a bright red color, darker on the side facing 

 the sun. The shaded side is straw-yellow. 



