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THE PEACH. 



Duff Yellow. 



Glands globose. Flowers small. An excellent early market Peach. 



Fruit very large, round, with a sharp point. Skin yellow, with a 

 red cheek. Flesh yellow, juicy, and pretty well flavored, a little acid, 

 red at the stone. Clingstone. Bipens early in July. (P. J. B., MS.) 



Duperron. 



A seedling of M. Duperron. Promises of value. Leaves with glo- 

 bose glands. Flowers small. 



Fruit large to very large, roundish, depressed at end. Suture shal- 

 low. Skin downy, golden yellow, more or less washed with pale red. 

 Flesh yellow. Clingstone. October. 



Dwarf Orleans. 

 Italian Dwarf. 



This variety, introduced many years since, and described by Win. 

 Prince, in 1828, has recently been brought out anew under the name of 

 Italian Dwarf. It forms a diminutive tree of about two feet in height, 

 is a slow grower, with short-jointed wood, suited as a curiosity for pot- 

 growing. Leaves long. Flowers large. 



The fruit is nearly as large as the Nutmeg Peach. White flesh, 

 juicy. Freestone. 



Early Admirable. 

 Admirable. Belle de Vitry. L' Admirable. 



A very excellent French Peach, wrongly known by many in this 

 country as the Belle de Yitry, which is a distinct variety. We find it 

 early, and very prolific. Leaves with globose glands. Flowers large. 



Fruit not quite round. Skin pale yellowish white, with a lively red 

 cheek. Flesh red next the stone, melting, and juicy, with a good, rich, 

 sweet flavor. Middle of August. 



Early Albert. 



An early Peach raised by Thomas Bivers, of England. Glands glo- 

 bose. Flowers small. 



Fruit above medium, roundish, frequently one side of suture higher 

 than the other, pitted at apex Skin greenish yellow, shaded with deep 

 crimson. Flesh white, tender, melting, with a faint brick red tinge next 

 the stone, rich juicy. Freestone. Last of July. (Hogg.) 



Early Alfred. 



Baised by Thomas Bivers, from seed of Hunt's Tawny Nectarine. 

 Glands globose. Flowers large. 



Fruit rather large, marked with a deep suture. Skin straw-color, 

 mottled with crimson in the sun. Flesh white, melting, vinous, rich. 

 Early August. (Hogg.) 



