THE PEACH. 
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CLASS I. 
Freestone Peaches , with pale Jlesh. 
Acton Scott. Lind. Thomp. 
The Acton Scott is an English peach, raised by Mr. Knight. 
It is an excellent early fruit, and will thrive and ripen well at 
the north. 
Leaves with globose glands. Fruit of medium size, rather 
narrow and depressed at the top, with a shallow suture. Skin 
rather woolly, pale yellowish-white, with a marbled, bright red 
cheek. Flesh pale quite to the stone, melting, sugary, and rich, 
with sometimes a slight bitter flavour. Middle of August. 
Flowers large. 
Astor. Floy. 
An American peach, which originated in New York. It is 
good, but hardly first rate ; not very productive. 
Leaves with globose glands. Fruit large, rather flattened 
or broad, and slightly sunk at the top ; suture well marked. 
Skin pale yellowish-white, with a deep red cheek. Stone small. 
Flesh melting, very juicy, sweet, and of excellent flavour. Ripens 
the last week in August. Flowers large. 
Baldwin’s Late. 
Glands reniform. Flowers small. Fruit large, oblong, with 
a distinct swollen point. Skin greenish-white, with a slight red 
cheek. Flesh very firm, juicy, melting, and well flavoured. 
Freestone. Ripe the last of October, and will keep a long time. 
Disseminated by Dr. Baldwin, of Montgomery. (White’s Gard.) 
Barrington. P. Mag. Thomp. Lind. 
Buckingham Mignonne. Colonel Ausleys. 
A handsome, very fine, and very hardy English peach. The 
tree is vigorous and healthy. The fruit ripens at the medium 
season, about a week after the Royal George. 
Leaves with globose glands. Fruit large, roundish, inclining 
to ovate, and rather pointed at the top, with a moderate suture 
>n one side. Skin pale yellowish-white, with a deep red, mar- 
ked cheek. Flesh but slightly tinged with red at the stone; 
aelting, juicy, very rich, and of the first quality. Stone rugged, 
ark brown. Beginning of September. Flowers large. 
Batchelder. 
Origin, Haverhill, Mass. Hardy and productive ; said to pro- 
