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PEACHES. 



French writer. The foliage of the tree has a particular 

 flourishing appearance. The flowers are pale red ; the fruit 

 is of a round form, with a partial suture at one side, and 

 from one and a quarter to one and a half inches in diameter ; 

 its colour is yellowish green, with a touch of red next the sun 

 on a part of those most exposed to its rays ; the flesh is a 

 yellowish white, melting, juicy, and of very pleasant flavour. 

 The tree is a good bearer, and the fruit ripens during the first 

 days of August. It is much esteemed for preserves, and when 

 not fully ripe the fruit is well adapted for that purpose, and 

 resembles green limes. Murray's Early Anne is a variety 

 raised from the seed of this. 



SWEET-WATER Pr. cat. Lond. hoet. cat. 



Early Sweet-water, Lond. Hort. Cat. 



This tree has large flowers, the foliage and growth much 

 resemble the preceding one, of which it is a seminal variety, 

 and originated in this village about twenty years since. The 

 size is double that of its parent, measuring from two to 

 two and a quarter inches^ in diameter, and sometimes still 

 more. Its form is round, and its colour whitish green at 

 maturity, which takes place at the same time as the Green 

 Nutmeg, or four or five days later. The flesh is very tender, 

 melting, rich, and juicy ; and when all the properties of this 

 variety are considered, it may be justly deemed the finest of all 

 the Nutmegs, and it is the earliest peach we have whose size is 

 above mediocrity. It is a freestone like all the other Nutmeg 

 varieties. 



, BROWN NUTMEG. Pr. cat.— and of the English 

 catalogues. 



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Red NutmeHj ) r * • ^^ r 



Scarlet Nutmeg \ i^.any American collections. 



Early purple Avant. For, 

 Forsyth places the " Avant peche jaiine'^ of Duhamel as 

 as a synonyme of the present variety, but very erroneously 

 so, as they are widely distinct. This is much the smallest of 

 the two, and does not exceed an inch in its greatest diameter, 



