PEACHES. 329 



The tree is hardy and an excellent bearer. It is an American variety, 

 raised in Massachusetts. 



CKAWTOED'S EARLY {Crawford's Early Malecoton).— Fruit, very 

 large, of a roundish and slightly oblate shape, depressed at the crown, 

 from which issues a rather shallow suture, much higher on one side 

 than the other. Skin, thin, of a deep lemon colour, but on the side 

 next the sun it has a reddish orange blush, strewed with numerous 

 distinct, dark crimson dots. Flesh, yellow, reddish at the stone, from 

 which it separates freely ; very tender and melting, remarkably succu- 

 lent, with a dehcious saccharine and vinous juice. Flowers, small. 

 Leaves, with round glands. 



Eipens in the end of August and beginning of September. 



This is a very large and most delicious peach, with a yellow flesh 

 like an apricot, and is deserving of very extensive cultivation. 



CRIMSON GrALANDE {Crimson Migrwnne). — Fruit, large, roundish, 

 and rather uneven in its outline, marked with a very faint suture, and 

 pitted at the apex. Skin, almost entirely covered with very dark 

 crimson, nearly black. The little on the shaded side that is not 

 coloured is a pale yellow. Flesh, very tender and melting, very much 

 and deeply stained with blood-red at the stone, from which it separates 

 freely. Juice, very abundant, rich, sprightly, and deUciously flavoured. 

 Flowers, small. Leaves, with round glands. 



This is a very distinct and very excellent peach, and ripens from the 

 middle to the end of August. 



The tree is a remarkably free grower, and an abundant bearer. 



It was raised by Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgewortli, from Belle Bauce ; but it is a 

 mucli better grower than that variety. 



DAG-MAR. — Fruit, round, and marked with a shallow suture, which 

 is deepest at the apex. Skin, very tender, more than usually downy, 

 of a pale straw colour, almost entirely covered with minute crimson 

 dots, so dense that they nearly form a sohd mass of colour ; but here 

 and there small patches of the yellow ground colour show through and 

 give the appearance as if the fruit were mottled with yellow. Flesh, 

 white, with a gelatinous appearance ; it is so tender as to melt entirely 

 away in the mouth, and the flavour is very rich and vinous. Flowers, 

 small. Leaves, with generally kidney-shaped glands, but occasionally 

 they are round on the small leaves. This is one of the varieties which 

 exhibit various formed glands on the same plant. 



This ripens about the 10th of August. 



It was raised by Mr. Elvers, and is the second generation from Early Albert, 

 which he also raised, and was named in honour of Princess Dagmar of Denmark, 

 sister of the Princess of Wales. 



DESSE TARDIVE. — Fruit, large, round, flat at the top, and 

 marked vdth a deep suture at the stalk. Skin, of a very pale colour, 

 covered on the shaded side with minute red dots, and a light tinge of 



