PERSIC A, PEACH TREE. 29 



XXV. PEACH TREE with small flowers and smooth, nearly green and exceptionally late fruit. 



Very late VIOLETTE. WALNUT -PEACH. 



This peach tree altogether resembles the preceding one. 



The skin of the fruit is not spotted with red. On the side facing the sun it's red like 

 an Api apple, & on the shaded side it's green like the husk of a walnut. 



The flesh is slightly greenish. 



This peach ripens after the middle of October in a southern exposure & in a warm 

 & dry autumn. It often doesn't ripen at all, & consequently the tree isn't really worth 

 cultivating. 



XXVI. PEACH TREE with large flowers and smooth, purple wine-like fruit and flesh that 

 adheres to the pit. 



Purple musky NECTARINE. (PL XVIII.) 



This is a vigorous peach tree that puts out a lot of branches & yields abundant 



fruit. 



Its shoots are big, long, and red on the sun side. 



The leaves are very finely denticulate. 



The flowers are big & beautiful, pale red in color. Occasionally this tree has small 

 flowers. 



The fruit looks a lot like the large early Violette. It's not quite as big & it's almost 

 round. 



Its skin is smooth, slightly yellowish white on the shaded side. It's an extremely 

 beautiful red-violet on the side facing the sun. The edges of the colored part closer to the 

 yellow side are lighter & are speckled with large whitish dots or small spots. 



Its flesh, though firm, isn't at all dry. It's white, almost yellow, except next to the 

 pit where it's very red. 



The juice has a delicious flavor, wine-like, musky & sweet. 



