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flesh deep yellow, red at stone; juicy and melting, with 

 rich, vinous flavor ; early in August. Free. 



Newington Cling. — Leaves serrate ; flowers large ; fruit 

 large, roundish ; suture slight ; skin pale yellowish-white, 

 with fine, red cheek ; flesh pale, yellowish-white, deep-red 

 at the stone ; melting, juicy, and rich. A cling. Bipens 

 10th August. 



Lemon Cling. — Glands reniform ; flowers small ; leaves 

 long ; fruit large, oblong, narrowed at top, with a swollen 

 projecting-point ; skin rich, dark-yellow, reddened in the 

 sun ; flesh fine yellow, red at the stone, with a rich vinous 

 flavor. Ripens 10th of August. Cling. Pitt's Lemon- 

 Cling is an improvement on the above 



President. — Glands globose ; large, roundish, oval ; su- 

 ture shallow; skin downy, pale, yellowish-green, with a 

 dull, red cheek ; flesh pale, but deep red at the stone, very 

 juicy, melting, and high-flavored ; stone very rough. 

 Middle of August. Free. 



Yelloio Blanton- Cling. — Leaves large; glands globose; 

 Fruit large, and shaped like Lemon-Cling, with the same 

 projecting, swollen point ; skin rich orange, with a slightly 

 reddened cheek ; flesh orange yellow ; firm, but full of 

 a delicious vinous juice. Later and better than the Le- 

 mon-Cling. To my taste the best of the clings. Repro- 

 duces itself from seed. Ripens August 10th. 



Tij^pecanoe- Cling. — Glands reniform ; flowers small ; 

 fruit very large, nearly round, with a point ; skin yellow, 

 with fine red cheek ; flesh yellow, juicy, with fine, vinous 

 flavor. Ripe the last of August. 



^mte English- Cling. — Glands globulose ; flowers small ; 

 fruit very large oval ; suture slight, with a swollen point 

 at top ; skin clear creamy white, with a slight hue of red 

 on the sunny side ; flesh delicate white, free from red at 

 the stone, to which it firmly adheres ; very rich, juicy. 



