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THE PEACH. 



Morrisania, near New York. It is a good fruit, but its place has been 

 taken, of late, by other more popular sorts. Leaves with globose glands. 

 Flowers small. 



Fruit very large and heavy, nearly round. Skin dull greenish 

 white, with a brownish-red cheek. Flesh pale yellow, firm, juicy, 

 sugary, and rich in flavor. Ripens the middle and last of September. 

 Freestone. 



Morris's Red Rareripe. 

 Morris Red. Red Rareripe. Large Red Rareripe. 



This very popular and well-known American Peach has been justly 

 esteemed for its acknowledged good flavor, beauty, and productiveness. 

 Leaves with small globose glands. Flowers small. 



Fruit large, roundish, a little depressed at the top, with a moder- 

 ately well-marked suture. Skin fine pale greenish white, a little 

 dotted, and with a lively, rich red cheek. Flesh pale greenish white, 

 quite red at the stone, very melting and juicy, with a sweet and rich 

 flavor. Last of August. Freestone. 



Morris's White Rareripe. 



Morris's White. White Melocoton 



White Rareripe. Cole's White Melocoton. 



Luscious White Rareripe. Freestone Heath. 



Lady Ann Steward. Morris's White Freestone. 



Morris's White Rareripe, a native, is the most popular and well- 

 known white Peach, and is everywhere cultivated in this country, 

 either under this or some of the other names quoted above. It is 

 a rich fruit in a warm climate, but is not quite so high flavored at the 

 North or East. The tree is vigorous and healthy, and bears fair crops. 

 In some sections tender and variable in quality. Leaves with reniform 

 glands. Flowers small. 



Fruit rather large, oval. Suture only of moderate depth, swollen 

 point small. Skin rather downy, greenish white on all sides at first, 

 but white with a creamy tint when fully ripe, and, when fully exposed, 

 sometimes with a slightly purple cheek. Flesh white to the stone, a 

 little firm, melting juicy, sw r eet, and rich. Middle of September. 



Napoleon. 



Supposed to have originated near Macon, Ga. Glands reniform. 

 Flowers small. 



Fruit medium to large, round, very downy. Skin almost dark 

 red. Flesh pink, veined with red, juicy, rich. Freestone. Ripens last 

 of July. (P. J. B., MS.) 



Nectarine Peach. 



Raised from stone of a Dutch Nectarine, by Thomas Rivers. Glands 

 reniform. Flowers large. 



