PEACHES. 



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valued for the table, but are much used for preserves, com- 

 potes, and pickles, and for size and beauty, there is perhaps 

 none to equal the present one. 



FRENCH BLOOD CLINGSTONE. Pr. cat. 



Sanguinole adherente. Sanguinole a chere adherente. 

 Claret clingstone. 



This variety has large flowers, the fruit is similar in charac- 

 ter to the preceding, but of a less size ; it is used for the same 

 purposes, and ripens in September. There is a Blood cling- 

 stone, cultivated in the Southern States, called there Georgia, 

 or Indian Peach, but it is probably synonymous Avith one of 

 the varieties I have described. 



SURPRISE. AuTH. 



This title I have given to a most peculiar fruit, first brought 

 to notice by my esteemed friend and correspondent, the Rev. 

 J. Kirkpatrick. The outward appearance is very similar to 

 the Blood peach, the skin being of a dingy red or purplish 

 hue, but the flesh is of a deep yellow colour, with crimson 

 veins running from the skin to the centre. The flavour is 

 very good, often deemed excellent, and it separates from the 

 stone. The fruit is of very large size, and the tree produces 

 abundantly. This variety is beyond all doubt of American 

 origin. 



CHEVREUSE CLINGSTONE. Pr. cat. 



This variety I received from the Mediterranean. It has 

 not yet borne fruit sufliciently to decide upon its merits ; it is 

 of good size, and of an oval form ; the skin is of a greenish 

 yellow colour, with a red cheek next the sun. It ripens at 

 the end of September. 



PRESIDENT. Pfi. CAT. Pom. mag. Ld^t). hort. cat. 



This fruit, so much cultivated in our gardens, and so well 

 known for its excellence, originated at Bedford, on Long 

 Island, and was sent to the London Horticultural Society, 

 some few years since, and I copy the following remarks rela- 



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