THE PEACH. 



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Skin thin, clear, beautiful, white on all sides. Flesh white to the 

 stone, juicy and melting, with a sweet, rich, and sprightly flavor. Be- 

 ginning of September. Freestone. 



Stephenson Cling. 

 From Thomas Stephenson, Clark Co., Ga. 



Fruit large, roundish. Suture distinct. Skin very downy, of a 

 creamy tint, shaded with flesh-color — the tint deepening in the sun to a 

 dark, dull, purplish red where fully exposed. Flesh white, somewhat 

 tinged with red, and deep red at the stone. Flesh very tender, melting, 

 juicy. September first. 



Stetson's Seedling. 



Raised by N. Stetson, Bridgewater, Mass. Globose glands. Flowers 

 small. 



Fruit large, roundish. Suture indistinct. Skin greenish white, 

 marbled and shaded with crimson in the sun. Flesh white, pink at the 

 stone, very melting, juicy, brisk, rich. Freestone. Ripens from middle 

 to last of September. (Hov. Mag.) 



Strawberry. 

 Rose. 



The Strawberry Peach we received from the late Thomas Hancock, 

 of Burlington, N. J. It is esteemed one of the very finest early 

 varieties for orchard culture in that State. It is quite distinct from 

 the Early York. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers small. 



Fruit of medium size, oval, the cavity at the stem deeply sunk, the 

 suture extending half round. Skin marbled with deep red over almost 

 the whole surface. Flesh whitish, melting, j uicy, rich, and of very deli- 

 cious flavor. Middle of August. 



Stump the World. 



A native of New Jersey, large and showy, and profitable for market 

 growing. Flowers small. Glands globose. 



Fruit very large, roundish, a little oblong. Skin creamy white, with 

 a bright red cheek. Suture shallow, rather more than half round. 

 Flesh white, juicy, and high-flavored. Last of September. Freestone. 



Sturtevant. 



Raised from seed by E. T. Sturtevant, Cleveland, O., in 1826. It is 

 one of, if not the, best yellow-fleshed Peaches grown. 



Fruit medium or above, roundish, compressed. Broad shallow su- 

 ture half round, followed by a dark line. Skin downy, rich yellow, 

 mostly covered with dark rich red, very dark in the sun. Flesh yellow, 

 red at the stone. Stone very small. Freestone. Last of August to 

 first of September. (Elliott.) 



Sumner's Early. 

 Fruit medium to large, beautiful blush. Flesh white, firm, bears 



