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red ; flesh very juicy, with a rich, fine flavor. Rather 

 early, or end of summer New Jersey. 



Van Zandt's Superb. Size medium, roundish, one half 

 iarger, suture slight ; skin nearly white, with a beautifully 

 dotted red cheek ; flesh whitish, tinted with red at the 

 stone, juicy, sweet, of fine pleasant flavor. First of au- 

 tumn. Origin, Flushing, Long Island. 



Walter's Early. Eather large, roundish; surface nearly 

 white, with a rich red cheek ; flesh whitish, touched with 

 red at the stone, juicy, sweet, of fine flavor. Eipens the 

 la=t week of summer. A native of New-Jersey, and is a 

 valuable peach at the north. 



Ward's Late Free. Large, not quite of the largest size, 

 roundish, surface dull yellowish white, with a red cheek, 

 nearly the color of the Oldmixon Free, but not so clear 

 nor bright ; flesh nearly white, of excellent flavor. One 

 of the finest late peaches of the middle states. The Rey- 

 bolds, of Delaware, the most extensive peach raisers in 

 the United States, having reduced their list to about fif- 

 teen sorts, have retained this as one of the best late 

 varieties. 



Washington. (Syn. Washington Red Freestone.) Large, 

 somewhat oblate, with a broad deep suture passing nearly 

 round ; skin thin, yellowish-white, with a deep crimson 

 cheek ; flesh nearly white, tender, juicy, sweet, rich. 

 Stone small, to which the flesh slightly adheres. Rather 

 late. Origin, New- York. 



White Imperial. Rather large, roundish, often slightly 

 oblate, depressed at apex ; suture moderate ; surface pale 

 yellowish white, often with a faint tinge of green; slight- 

 ly tinged and sometimes striped with light purple to the 

 sun; flesh very juicy, delicate, sweet, excellent. A uni- 

 form moderate bearer, and a valuable peach at the north, 

 but worthless in Virginia. Ripens rather early, or latter 

 . part of summer. Origin, Cayuga Co., N. Y. 



