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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, 
and luscious. Freestone. Ripens from middle to last of Sep- 
tember. (Hov. Mag.) 
Stump the World. 
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-flavoured ; very 
productive. A fine market variety. 
Yan Zandt’s Superb. 
Originated in the garden of R. B. Van Zandt, Long Island. 
Fruit medium size, oval. Skin nearly smooth, white, delicately 
marbled with red, giving it a waxen hue ; the beauty and 
smoothness "of the skin approximate in appearance to that of a 
nectarine. Flesh melting and delicious ; separates from the 
stone. Ripens in August. Very productive. (Win. R. Prince, 
MS.) This is the true variety, and distinct from the one for- 
merly described in this work. 
Walter’s Early. 
Walter’s Early is esteemed as one of the most popular early 
varieties for orchards in New Jersc} r , where it originated. It is 
remarkably well adapted to the light sandy soil of that State, 
bearing abundant crops of excellent fruit. 
Leaves with globose glands. Fruit large, roundish. Skin 
white, with a rich red cheek. Flesh whitish, a little touched 
with red at the stone, melting, juicy, sweet, and of very agree- 
able flavour. Ripens about the 20th of August. 
Walburton Admirable. 
An English variety, which is found very good here. 
Flowers small. Fruit large, roundish ; suture medium. Skin 
greenish-white, finely shaded with dark-red in the sun. Flesh 
white, a little stained at the stone; juicy, melting, with a rich- 
sweet flavour. Middle and last of September. 
Ward’s Late Free. 
A fine late American variety ; vigorous and productive , 
valuable for market. Glands reniform. Flowers small. Fruit 
rather large, roundish, inclining to oval. Skin white, with a 
beautiftil crimson cheek. Flesh white, slightly tinged with red 
at the stone, juicy, melting, rich, aud excellent. Freestone. 
First of October. Weld’s Freestone may prove the same. 
