58 THE FAEM. 



apex ; skin nearly white or with a faint dingy hue, with a bright-red 

 cheek ; flesh rather firm, slightly red at stone, rich, sweet, and high- 

 flavored. First of autumn. Moderately and uniformly productive. 

 Origin, New York. 



Grosse Mignonne. — Large, roundish, slightly oblate ; apex depressed, 

 with a deep suture ; skin tinged with greenish-yellow, mottled with red 

 and with a purplish-red cheek ; flesh reddened at the stone, juicy, with 

 a very rich, high, and somewhat vinous flavor ; stone small, very rough. 

 Early — the last two weeks of summer. Of French origin. The peach 

 usually cultivated in this country under this name, although an excel- 

 lent variety, is not the genuine grosse mignonne, but diflfers in its small 

 flowers. 



Early Admirable. — {Syn. admirable; belle de Vitry, erroneously). 

 Size medium; nearly round ; skin nearly white, with a red cheek; flesh 

 red at the stone, juicy, rich, sweet, fine. Quite early, ripening immedi- 

 ately after serrate early York. French. 



Crawford's Early .-^(iSyn. early Crawford, Crawford's early melocoton). 

 Very large, oblong-oval, sometimes round-oval ; apex with a prominent 

 point ; suture shallow ; surface yellow, with a red cheek ; flesh very 

 juicy, rich, slightly subacid, of good but not the highest flavor. End 

 of summer and beginning of autumn. Productive. Kanks very high in 

 the Northern, Middle and Western states, as a market variety. Origin 

 New Jersey. 



Crawford's late. — {Syn. Crawford's late melocoton, Crawford's superb 

 melocoton). Very large, roundish, suture shallow, distinct ; surface yel- 

 low, with a broad, dark-red cheek ; flesh red at the stone, rich, juicy, 

 vinous, hardly first-rate. Quite late, or latter part of September. 

 Productive ; and ranks among the first as a late variety for market. 

 Origin, New Jersey. The common red-cheeked melocoton is cultivated 

 in some localities under this name. 



Japes' Rareripe. — Very large, roundish, slightly oblate, suture distinct, 

 one side slightly larger, surface a little uneven ; surface deep-yellow, 

 variously shaded with red ; flesh deep-yellow, red at the stone, of good 

 but not of the highest flavor. Shoots diverging. Ripens at the end of 

 summer. Origin, Massachusetts. 



Early Newington Freestone. — Size medium ; roundish, one half always 

 larger, suture distinct ; surface nearly white, dotted and streaked with 

 red, the cheek a rich red ; flesh white, red at the stone, at first wholly 

 adhering, but as it ripens, partially separating from it ; juicy, rich, fine. 

 A valuable early variety, ripening immediately after the serrate early 

 York. 



INSECTS, DISEASES, ETC.— Carl of the leaf.— This is produced by a 

 small plant-louse puncturing the leaves on their first growth in the 

 spring, causing them to curl and often to fall off. Though the tree after- 

 ward sends out new and fresh leaves, yet the effect is generally to di- 

 minish or destroy the fruit for the year, and, in the end, to greatly in- 

 jure the health of the tree. . Remedy. — A mixture of tobacco- water and 

 strong soap-suds, applied with a syringe when the leaves are about one- 

 third grown. 



The Yellows. — This is the most formidable disease which attacks the 



