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& not very deep. The other side is slightly flattened. The tip often terminates in a pointed 

 projection. The stalk inserts into the bottom of a not very wide cavity. Small bumps like 

 warts sometimes are found on this fruit. 



The skin is quite firm & adheres to the flesh, like that of the Nivette, but it's 

 slightly more greenish in color. The side exposed to the sun is an overall light red 

 permeated or mottled with darker red. The entire skin is covered with white down that is 

 longer than that on the Nivette & which comes off easily when it's rubbed by hand. 



The flesh is firm, tender, and succulent. It's white, bordering a little on green. It 

 turns yellow on ripening. There are some very red lines or veins next to the pit. 



The juice has an enhanced flavor & is very enjoyable. 



The pit is long, wide, flat, deeply fissured & terminates in a point. There's 

 considerable space between it & the flesh. 



This peach ripens toward the end of September. To be at its best it must be fully 

 ripe & left in a fruit loft for several days. 



XXXV. PEACH TREE with large flowers and very large, beautiful fruit with firm flesh that 

 clings to the pit. 



Red CLINGSTONE PEACH from Pomponne. Giant CLINGSTONE PEACH. 



Camu CLINGSTONE PEACH. (PL XXVI.) 



This is a very vigorous tree. 



Its shoots are long & strong. 



The leaves are large, very lightly & delicately denticulate. 



The flowers are large. They don't fully open up because the petals are very 

 concave. 



The fruit is round. Its size is extraordinary, often fourteen inches in 

 circumference. It's divided by a not very deep groove. 



