PEACHES. 



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the flesh, which is white and melting, with highly pleasant 

 sweet juice. The stone is oblong, seventeen lines in length, 

 and rather less than twelve in breadth ; it appears more flat- 

 tened at its smallest diameter than is generally the case with 

 others, being only eight lines in thickness at its largest sec- 

 tion. The fruit is at maturity the end of September. 



DIANA. Pr. cat. Coxe. 

 This is a freestone fruit of medium size, and excellent 

 flavour ; the flesh melting and juicy* Its colour is whitish, 

 approaching to straw colour at its maturity, which takes place 

 in August. The flowers are of the medium size. 



KENNEDY'S CAROLINA. Pr. cat. Lond. hort. cat. 



Large yellow Pine-apple. Coxe. 

 Kennedy^s Carolina Clingstone, 

 Early Lemon. Yellow Pine-apple, 



This is unquestionably one of the finest clingstone varieties 

 known,, both as regards size and qualit}'. It belongs to the 

 largest class of peaches ; is of an oval or oblong shape, 

 pointed at the extremity, and terminating in a mamelon ; the 

 skin is deep yellow, except next the sun, where it has a dark 

 crimson cheek; the flesh is of a fine yellow colour, rich, 

 sprightly, and high-flavoured, with a degree of acidity ; it 

 closely adheres to the stone, and immediately around it is 

 tinged with deep red. The tree is one of the most productive,, 

 yielding large and regular crops, so much so as to be often 

 overloaded, in which case it is preferable to thin out the fruit, 

 and to leave only a reasonable proportion. It ripens about 

 the middle of September. This variety was brought from 

 South Carolina, before the revolution, by a Mr. Kennedy, of 

 New- York, who, on account of its excellence, sent a message 

 to the grandfather of the author, knowing him to be very 

 curious in fruits, and requested him to call and obtain scions 

 from it. 



SPRING GROVE. Pom. Mag. Lond. hort. cat. 

 The description of this new variety 1 quote from the Pomo- 

 logical Magazine. It was raised by Mr. Knight, from NeiPs 

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