PERSIC A, PEACH TREE. 27 



Its skin is smooth & lacks down. It's thin, red-violet on the side facing the sun & 

 yellowish-white under the leaves. The colors aren't as striking as those of the cherry 

 peach. The flesh is delicate, quite soft, slightly yellowish white and bright pink next to 

 the pit. 



The juice is sugary, wine-like, & very fragrant. That's what puts it in a class with 

 the best of the peaches. 



The pit is light gray and is big relative to the size of the fruit. 



This peach ripens at the beginning of September. For good eating it should be left 

 on the tree until it starts to wither next to the stalk. 



The Angervilliers Violette, highly rated for good reason, is the same as this one, 

 or a small Violette that differs from it only because it ripens a little earlier. 



XXIII. PEACH TREE with small flowers and smooth, larger purple wine-like fruit. 

 LARGE early VIOLETTE. (PL XVI Fig. I.) 



This tree is similar to the preceding one. It's vigorous & very fruitful. It yields a 

 lot of fruit even out in open ground. 



The flowers are very small. 



The fruit has the same shape as the small Violette, but it's at least twice as big. 

 Sometimes its diameter is greater than its length (twenty-six lignes by twenty-four). 



Its skin is smooth, thin, & the same color as that of the small Violette. 



Its flesh is white and soft but less wine-like. 



The fruit also ripens at the beginning of September, a little later than the small 

 Violette. Normally, the bigger it is, the better its quality. But a large early Violette of a 

 size shown in the illustration, is rarely a good one. 



