THE PEACH. 
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Prince’s Climax. 
Originated on the farm of George Mitchell, Flushing, Long 
Island ; very productive. Fruit large, oval. Skin yellow, with 
a crimson cheek, and two-thirds mottled with crimson. Flesh 
yellow, very rich, aromatic, pineapple flavour ; adheres to the 
stone. Ripens the middle and end of September. (William R. 
Prince’s MS.) 
Shanghae. 
Trees of this variety and Chinese Cling were sent to this 
country by the late Mr. Winchester, while British Consul at 
Shanghae. Tree vigorous. Glands reniform. Flowers large. 
Fruit large, oval, truncate ; suture distinct, extending from the 
base to beyond the apex, deepening very much at the apex, so 
as to form quite a cavity. Skin gree'nish-yellow, quite downy, 
sometimes a little mottled, or shaded with pale red. Flesh 
greenish-yellow, very melting, juicy, adhering to the stone, with 
a high, vinous flavour. Ripens from first to middle of Septem- 
ber. At the south, last of July and first of August. 
Smith’s Newington. Lind. Thomp. 
Early Newington, [ of the 
Smith’s Early Newington, J English . 
Early Newington. Coxe. 
This is one of the best early Clingstone peaches. It is of 
English origin, and is little cultivated in this country. The 
Early Newington of our gardens as generally known (see Early 
Newington Freestone), is earlier and a very much finer variety, 
with reniform glands, being a partial Clingstone, but most fre- 
quently parting from the flesh, has quite supplanted it. 
Leaves serrated, without glands. Fruit middle-sized, rather 
oval, narrower at the top, and one half a little enlarged. Skin 
pale straw-colour, with a lively red cheek streaked with purple. 
Flesh firm, pale yellow, but light red at the stone, to which it 
adheres closely ; juicy, and of very good quality. Last of Au- 
gust. Flowers large. 
What Mr. Thompson calls “ Newington of the Americans ” is 
a seedling cling with globose glands, and of second quality, quite 
distinct from our Early Newington Freestone. 
Stephenson Cling. 
From Thomas Stephenson, Clark county, Ga. Fruit large, 
roundish ; suture distinct. Skin very downy, of a creamy tint, 
shaded with flesh-colour — the tint deepening in the sun to a 
dark, dull, purplish red where fully exposed. Flesh white, some- 
what tinged with red, and deep red at the stone. Flesh very 
