The Pomological Manual Or a Treatise On Fruits Containing Descriptions of a
The Pomological Manual Or a Treatise On Fruits Containing Descriptions of a
William Robert Prince
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" Flowers small ; leaves serrated, glandless ; fruit large, globular, moderately deeply marked by the suture along one side, with generally a slight depression on the summit ; skin dark purplish red where not exposed, the shaded side is whit- ish, the intermediate space between the shaded and most ex- posed part is thickly mottled with small red dots ; flesh white, rayed with red next the stone, melting, rich, with a plentiful, highly-sugared juice ; stone middle-sized, or rather small, and of ...a red colour, parting from the flesh. " ISPAHAN. PR. CAT. N. DUH. This variety is a shrub of ten or twelve feet in height, and forms a round thick bush, filled with numerous branches ; the leaves are alternate, lanceolate, from one to two inches long, smooth, of a lively green on the upper side, and a paler green beneath, serrated, supported on short petioles, and devoid of glands ; the flowers, although they are only twelve to thirteen lines in diameter, may be ranked among those of large size, on account of the form of the petals, which are round they are of a delicate rose colour ; the fruit is nearly spherical, marked on one side by a deep furrow, and measures from three inches to three inches nine lines in circumference in each direc- tion ; the skin, which is covered with down and adheres to the flesh, is at first greenish, but becomes pale yellow at the pe- PEACHES.
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