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50 FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON
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, . , —' Xi. The Peach. Its Itaxy *' Hom...
that error his in . an compatriots EngKsh horticultural share work his amusement , which Mr . at _Downing learning _quotes from
this author that " the may Americans / usually eat the clingstones , while they reserve the free-stones for feeding the pigs , " while in
fact very one , of not tribe the to mention of very " free finest lesser -stones of magnates all " , American thus , the summaril noble peaches y " late consi , "belongs red gned rare to - to ri pe this the _^
wash The -troug color h . of the peach varies from dark reddish-violetthroug _^ h _:
, variet many shades of American of crimson ori , in green and , or which yellow is , to all the over snow of peach a clear , a g
"beauti y ful white . It is more , usual , however , for -the side that ' s next to the sun" to wear a ruddier tint than the more shaded h
cheek . In form there is no very great diversity , thougsome peaches ( in particular , Persica mammillatay have remains very decided of th _&
lemon stle at -like their nipp extremit les at one and end others ; some have show the sli furro ght w extending all round y their _circumference y , The most curious departure which is
. seen from the normal figure is that displayed by the flat peach of Chinawhich rather resembles a Normandy pippin in shape , the
centre covered , bein on _g each so compressed side bthe as skin to leave the nothing fleshy part there surrounding but the stone it y
like a ring . It has been grown , in England and proved of very being good flavor almost ; the an tree evergreen , too , having , and the continuing advantage to grow of our throug kinds hout in
mild winters . The double-blossomed peach , which Parkinson , in 1629 , says
< c hath not been seen or known long Before the writing hereof , '' occasionallseen hereis common in Americaand is one of the
most beautiful y flowering , very trees grown either in . this , country or in that-The blossomswhich are three times the size of those of the
ordinary . peach , and which , grow very tliicklyupon the branches , are of a lovelrose colorand nearly doublelike a ranunculus . They are
y , , _succeeded by a small fruit which , however , is not of much value * Tne most important variety of the peachhoweveris that known
hy the the _" nectar name " of of the the Ol Nectarin ian e , divinities { Persica . loevis , The , ) a poet title , Thomson derived from disymp
tingui peach separate ; she " but name s " it the , was for ruddy thoug some h time fragrant the before former nectarine it is attained always " from the smaller the distinction the velvet , and _" downy has coat of a a
worn perfectl of taste by y the smooth partaking latter and , besides more wax- of like being the skin flavor gifted , instead with of the of a special kernel , p yet iquancy the
trees on , which tliey grow are so alike in liabit and appearance _,, that the difference can scarcelbe told . It is found in Northern India
under the name of the moondla y arooor smooth peach , but . it does ,
duced not perfectl , thoug y h ripen probabl there y , from and it -Cabal is , not . known Nectari whence nes are it oft en fo intro und
50 Fruits In Their Season
FRUITS IN THEIR _SEASON
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1861, page 50, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091861/page/50/
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