THE PEACH. 629 
CLASS II. 
Freestone Peaches with Deep Yellow Flesh.* . 
Asricoréz, Thomp. O. Duh. 
Yellow Admirable. ‘Admirable Jaune. 0. Duh. Nois. 
Apricot: Peach. D’Abricot. 
Grosse Jaune Tardive. D’Orange. (Orange Peach. Ken.) { 
The Apricot Peach (or Yellow Admirable, as it is more frey 
quently called) is an old French variety, but little cultivated ix 
this country, though deserving of attention in the Middle States. 
It ripens very late, and is thought to have a slight apricot fla. 
vour. It grows with moderate vigour, and bears fe | 
Leaves with reniform glands. Fruit large, roundish-oval, 
with a small suture running on one side only. Skin clear yél- 
low all over, or faintly touched with red next the sun. Fest 
yellow, but a little red at the stone, firm, rather dry, with a 
sweet and agreeable flavour. Stone small.’ Ripens at the b 
‘ginning of October. Flowers large. 
Berrcen’s YELLow. 
Bergen’s Yellow is a native, we believe, of Long Island. It is 
very large, and of very delicious flavour, It is darker coloured, 
more depressed in form, rather finer flavoured, and Tripens some 
days later than the Yellow Rareripe, which it much resembles. 
It is a moderate, but good bearer. It is earlier, and much supe- 
rior to the Melocoton, and its glands distinguish it, also, from 
that variety. 
Leaves with reniform glands. Fruit large (often measuring 
nine inches in circumference), globular, depressed, and broad; 
the suture well marked, and extending more than half round. 
Skin deep orange, dotted with some red, and with a very broad, 
dark-red cheek. Flesh deep yellow, melting, juicy, and of rich 
and luscious flavour. Ripens at the beginning of September. 
Flowers small. me 
Cotume1a. Coxe, 
Pace. 
The Columbia is a singular and peculiar peach.. It was 
raised by Mr. Coxe, the author of the first American work on 
* Nearly all this class are of American origin, and the Yellow Alberge 
of Europe is the original type. They are not so rich as Class I, and re- 
quire our hot summers to bring out their flavour. In a cold climate, the 
acid is always prevalent. Hence. they are inferior in England, and at the 
nor‘l:ern limits of the peach in this country 
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