THE PEACH. 



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equally valued by the English. It is also one of the handsomest and 

 most delicious fruits here. Leaves with globose glands. Flowers small. 



Fruit large, round, and regular, the suture shallow, the top slightly 

 hollowed, and having a little projecting point. Skin pale yellowish 

 green, with a rich red cheek, often streaked with darker purple. Flesh 

 slightly marked with red at the stone, a little firm, but very melting, 

 juicy, rich, and high-flavored. Stone rather large. End of August and 

 first of September. Freestone. 



Bergen's Yellow. 



One of the best of the yellow-fleshed Peaches, but not a good bearer, 

 and therefore unprofitable. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers 

 small. 



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 flavor. Ripens at the beginning of September. Free- 

 stone. 



Blanton Cling. 

 Yellow Blanton Cling 1 . 



Leaves large. Glands reniform. Flowers small. 



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 Lemon Cling. Reproduces itself from seed. Ripens 10th 

 August. (White's Gard.) 



Blood Clingstone. 

 Indian Blood. Claret Clingstone. Blood Cling. 



The Blood Clingstone is a very large and peculiar fruit, of no value 

 for eating, but esteemed by many for pickling and preserving ; the flesh 

 very red, like that of a beet. This is an American seedling, raised many 

 years ago from the French Blood Clingstone — Sanguinole a Chair 

 Adherente. It is a much larger fruit than the original sort, which has 

 large flowers ; otherwise they are the same in all respects. Leaves with 

 reniform glands. Flowers small. 



Fruit often very large, roundish oval, with a distinct suture. Skin 

 very downy, of a dark, dull, clouded, purplish red. Flesh deep red 

 throughout, firm and juicy — not fit for eating. September to October. 



There is a French Blood Freestone {Sanguinole, Sanguine, Car- 

 dinale, or JBetrave, Duh., Thomp.) of the same nature, and used for the 

 same purpose as this, but smaller in size, and not equal to it for cooking. 

 Leaves without glands. 



There is also a Blood Freestone, raised by John M. Ives, Salem, 

 Mass., which is of medium size. Blood red throughout. Tree hardy 

 and a good bearer. 



Bonne Gros de Noisette. 

 Originated with M. Noisette, Paris, France. 



