THE PEACH. 291 



Sweetwater. (Syn. Early Sweetwater.) Size medium, 

 roundish, light green at maturity, flesh tender, melting, 

 rich, and juicy. It is a seedling from the Early Anne, 

 which it much resembles in growth and general charac- 

 ter, but is more than twice its size, superior in flavor, and 

 ripens nearly a week later. A moderate bearer. Like 

 the Early Anne it is too tender for the north, and does not 

 ripen before the Tillotson and Serrate Early York. 



The Sweetwater of Downing has globose glands and large 

 flowers, with a roundish, middle-sized r greenish-white 

 fruit ; the tree is more hardy than the preceding, but the 

 fruit ripens later, and is inferior in quality. 



White Nutmeg. (Syn. Early White Nutmeg, Avant 

 Blanche, White Avant.) Very small, roundish oval, with 

 a deep suture on one side ; skin nearly white, rarely 

 touched with faint red ; flesh white to the stone, with a 

 mild, pleasant flavor. Ripens about mid-summer, or im- 

 mediately after wheat harvest, and is the earliest and 

 smallest peach cultivated. Its very slow growth, tender 

 shoots, and light crops, render it of little value. 



Sul-section II. Flowers small. 



Belle de Vitry. (Syn. Admirable Tardive.) Size medium, 

 approaching oblate ; apex depressed, suture deep ; skin 

 nearly white, tinged and mrrbled with bright and dull 

 red ; flesh rathe, firm, red at the stone, juicy and rich. 

 Quite late, or last of 9 mo. (Sept.) This is quite distinct 

 from the Late Admirable, which ripens two r eeks earlier; 

 and from the Early Admirable, often known by the name 

 of Belle de Vitry, and which ripens six weeks earlier. 

 Both of the latter have crenate leaves with globose glands. 



Early T.llotson. Size medium; round or nearly globu- 

 lar; thickly dotted with red on a nearly white ground in 

 the shade, dark deep red in the sun ; flesh whi.ish, red 

 at the stone, to which the flesh partially adheres, — juicy, 

 rich, high-flavored, more of a nutmeg and less of a vinous 

 flavor than the Serrrate Early York, and ripening about 

 the same time or a few days earlier, or the early part 

 and middle of 8 mo. (Aug.) Its time of maturity is often 

 somewhat variable, even on the same tree. The young 



