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THE PEACH. 



Crimson Galande. 

 Crimson Mignonne. 



Glands globose. Flowers small. Fruit medium, roundish, faint 

 suture, pitted at apex. Skin almost covered with dark crimson, nearly- 

 black. Flesh tender, melting, blood red at the stone, juicy, rich. Free- 

 stone. (Hogg.) 



Crockett's Late "White. 



A late-maturing white Peach, originated in New Jersey, where it is 

 popular as a market sort. Leaves with reniform glands. 



Fruit medium to large, oblong. Skin greenish white, occasionally 

 some red in sun. Flesh pale, sweet, not very juicy. Last September. 

 Freestone. (Gar. Mon.) 



Dagmar. 



A new Peach raised by Thomas Rivers, England. Glands globose. 

 Flowers small. 



Fruit round, marked with a shallow suture, deepest at apex. Skin 

 tender, very downy, pale straw-color, nearly covered with minute crim- 

 son dots, giving a mottled appearance. Flesh white, very tender, melt- 

 ing, juicy, rich, vinous, sweet. Freestone. August. (Hogg.) 



De Beurre. 



A French Peach. Leaves without glands. Flowers small. 



Fruit medium, oval, depressed at apex. Skin easily detached from 

 the flesh, covered with a short, fine down, whitish yellow, washed with 

 brownish red in the sun. Flesh fine, melting, purplish next the stone, 

 sweet, vinous. August. Freestone. (Verg.) 



De Boxlez. 

 A Belgian variety. Flowers large. 



Fruit large, round, depressed. Suture deep. Skin downy, yellow- 

 ish, deeply colored with red in the sun. Flesh firm, yellowish, red at 

 the stone. September. Freestone. (Alb. Pom.) 



Desse Tardive. 

 Glands globose. Flowers small. 



Fruit large, round, flat at top, deep suture next the stalk. Skin 

 pale yellow, faint tinge of rosy red next the sun. Flesh greenish white, 

 slightly tinged with red next the stone, melting, juicy, sweet. Septem- 

 ber. Freestone. (Hogg.) 



De Zelhern. 



Fruit medium, round. Suture deep, large. Skin downy, yellow, more 

 or less colored with bright red. Flesh white, melting, juicy, sweet. 

 August. Freestone. (Alb. Pom.) 



