180 THE PEACH AND HECTARDfE. 



Eivers' Early York, a most beautiful early peach, ripening in the open 

 air early in August ; but if earliness is not considered of much moment, 

 the sixth peach should be Chancellor, ripening about the middle of 

 September. This is a large roundish oval peach of the highest quality ; 

 dark purple, or crimson coloured nezt the sun, pale greenish yellow in 

 the shade, freely mottled with red at the meeting of the two colours ; the 

 flesh is also pale yellow, rayed with red to the stone. The quality ia rich, 

 melting, -vinous; flowers small red, leaves crenated with glands; habit 

 free, strong, and healthy. 



For a list of twelve Peaches add the following six to the above : 



Titon de Tenus. — Large pale yellowish white, sugary and very rich ; 

 in season the end of September. 



Bwymackers. — A noble peach, a sort of late Noblesse, remarkably 

 rich and melting ; end of September. 



Lord Palmerston (Eivers).— One of the largest and best of all late 

 peaches ; in season end of September and October ; flowers very largo 

 and beautiful ; flesh firm, melting, sweet, requires to be quite ripe or it 

 clings slightly to the stone. 



Swlhamstead. — Large, melting, rich and excellent ; resembles the 

 Noblesse; pale red next the sun; end of August and beginning of 

 September ; a very fine peach. 



Crimson Galcmde, — This is another of Mr. Eivers' valuable seedlings, 

 a free stone peach of the most vigorous habit and the highest quality, 

 ripening in August; deep crimson colour; flesh tender, melting, rich, 

 and delicious. 



Dr. Sogg (Eivers). — A large-flowered free-growing variety, ripening 

 in the middle of August ; large, firm, melting; stained with red, the flesh 

 rich and sugary. 



For a selection of eighteen peaches, to the foregoing add the 

 following six : 



Boyal Oha/rlotte. — Large, roundish, oval ; skin pale white to deep 

 red ; rich, juicy, melting, vinous ; ripens beginning of September. 



Princess of Wales (Eivers). — One of the largest and finest of all 

 late peaches ; cream colour, with rich rose next the sun ; rich, melting, 

 and delicious ; end of September. 



A Bee. — This is a remarkably rich early peach, ripening about the 

 middle of August. Flesh white, juicy, tender and melting ; colour, pale 

 lemon, dotted with crimson next the sun ; glands, round ; flower, large. 

 A very useful delicious variety. 



Golden Bathripe. — This is the best early yellow-fleshed peach in 

 cultivation, coming in about the middle of August, about the same time as 

 the much-famed American peaoh, Crawford's Early. It is superior to that 



