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37. Vanguard. — Fruit large, roundish; not high colored; flesh melting and 

 v»ell flavored ; ripens about the end of September. 



38 ViNEUSE. — Fruit middle size, round; red all over; flesh white, red towards 

 the stone ; high flavored. Tree a good bearer ; ripens about the end of September. 



39. Late Purple, La Pourprc. — Fruit large, round; dark red and yellow, 

 ajxproaching to puq)le ; flesh melting, while, red towards the stone ; sweet and high 

 flavored ; ripens about the end of September. 



40. Flat Peach of China. This singular peach is thus described in the Trans- 

 actions of the Hort. Soc. : " This fruit is of truly singular form, and perhaps will 

 be best described as having the appearance of a peach flattened by pressure at the 

 head and stalk ; its upright diameter, taken through the centre, from eye to stalk, 

 being eleven-sixteenths of an inch, consisting wholly of the stone, except the skin; 

 that of its sides is one inch and one-eighth ; its transverse diameter being two inches 

 and a half. The head of the fruit is cracked in such a manner as to look like a broad 

 and rather hollow eye, of an irregular five-angled (or lobed) shape, surrounded by 

 the appearance of remains of the leaves of a calix ; the whole surface of this eye is 

 roughly marked with small irregular warted lines, like the crown of a medlar. The 

 color of the skin of the fruit is pale yellow, mottled, or rather speckled with red on 

 the part exposed to the sun, and covered with a fine down. The flesh is pale yellow, 

 having a beautiful radiated circle of fine red surrounding the stone, and extending 

 far into the fruit. The stone is flatly compressed ; small, rough, and irreguUr. 

 The consistency and flavour of the flesh are that of a good melting peach, being 

 sweet and juicy, with a little noj eau flavour, or bitter aroma. It was introduced 

 into this country by Mr. Joseph Kirke, of the Brompton Nursery, from Java, under 

 the name of the Java peach, to which country it had no doubt been carried from 

 China. Plants of the same fruit have been introduced from that country by the 

 Hort. Soc. Its real merits will not warrant its admission into small gardens, or where 

 fine fruit only is an object. Its singularity, however, claims a place in the collec- 

 tions of the curious. 



41. Teton de Venl s, La Teton dc Venus, or Vcnns's Breast. — Fruit middle- 

 sized, irregular ; faint red next the sun, straw color next the wall ; flesh white, melt- 

 ing, red towards the stone; flavor rich and sugary. Tree a shy bearer; ripens its 

 fruit about the end of September. 



42. Blocdy Peach, Sanpibwlc. — Fruit middle-sized ; deep red next the sun ; 

 flesh also deep red ; seldom succeeds upon the open walls, and even in favorable 

 seasons is fit for preserving or culinary uses only. When in a peach-house, it is 

 much improved, but is seldom met with, except in large collections of peaches, as 

 there are so many preferable. It ripens about the end of September. 



43. Double Swalsh. — Fruit very large. It is one of our finest large late 

 peaches ; ripens about the er.d of September. 



41. Yellow Admirable. — Fruit middle-sized, roundish, oval; bright yellow; 

 somewhat like an apricot, both in color and flavor. It is often called Apnrut 

 Peach. It is an excellent fruit ; and ripens about the end of September. 



45. Braddick's American. — Fruit large, irregular; purplish and orange; fle.-h 

 melting, nuisky, and juicy. It does not appear suited for the open wall, unless 

 under very favorable circumstances. In the peach-house it is a showy and va- 

 luable addition; is a good bearer; and ripens on the walls about the beginning of 

 October. 



46. Late Admirable. — Fruit rather large, round; bright marbled red; flesh 

 greenish, white veined, with red at the stone, to which it is firmly attached; ripens 

 about the end of Septer^ber, 



