192 PEACH CULTDEB, 



Tree vigorous, and productive. Leaves globose-glandu, 

 lar. Flowers small. Fruit rather large, roundish, inclin- 

 ing to oval ; skin white, with a beautiful crimson cheek. 

 Flesh white, tinged with red at the stone, rich, juicy, 

 melting and high flavored. Season, last of September. 



The foregoing thirteen varieties embrace our list of 

 Med and White peaches, in tlie order of their season, and 

 not of their merit. They are all good ; but were we pre- 

 paring a catalogue according to quality, we should ar- 

 range them somewhat differently. 



We shall now proceed with our list of Yellow varieties 

 in the same order. 



Crawford's Earlt. 



Crawford's Early Melocoton, Early Crawford. 



This is justly one of the most popular and highly es- 

 teemed of all our yellow peaches, and this in no particular 

 locality, but everywhere, as far as it is known. It seems 

 equally well suited to both northern and southern climes, 

 and will thrive in any soil where peaches can be success- 

 fully grown. As a market peach, it can hardly be ex- 

 celled. Its beautiful bright red color, and large size, never 

 fail to sell it at satisfactory prices, and many a planter, at 

 the close of the season, when balancing accounts, has con- 

 gratulated himself on the large number of baskets of this 

 variety he had sent to market, or regretted it was so 

 small. 



It originated with William Crawford, Esquire, of Mid- 

 dletown, New Jersey. The tree is vigorous, hardy, thrifty 

 and productive. It is not an enormous, but a uniform, 

 regular bearer, hardly ever missing when any others in the 

 same orchard bear. The limbs usually strike out, antler- 

 like, from two, three, or four main branches, and do not 

 spread, fan-like, as in most of the red anil white varieties. 

 ieawe« with globose glands. Flowers sm2iX\. Fruit very 

 large, oblong, terminal point prominent ; suture slight ; 



