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TH E CATHARINE PEACH,
Catharine Peach. Langley’s Pomona, t. 33, f . 6. Switzer’s
Fruit Gardener, p . 97. Miller’s Dictionary, ed. 8, no. 30.
H itt’s Treatise, p . 322. Forsyth’s Treatise, ed. 5, p . 37.
G. Lindley in Hort. Trans. 5, 549, no. 89. Hort. Soc.
Fruit Catalogue, p . 73.
An old and very valuable variety, ripening in the
end of September and beginning of October, and
possessing far greater merit than any other of our
late Clingstone Peaches. When fully matured, it
is excellent and extremely b e au tifu l; b u t to be eaten
in perfection, it should have been gathered a few
days. I t is said to force well, which is an importan
t q u a lity ; for from want of solar heat in this
climate, all th e Clingstone Peaches acquire their
flavour most perfectly in a forcing-house. I t is an
abundant bearer, and according to Forsyth, well
adapted for tarts.
I t is remarkable, th a t although it appears, from
an old Catalogue of the Chartreux Garden, th a t the
Catharine was long since sent to France, under the
name of La Belle Catharine, no trace of it is to be
found in the great French works on Pomology.
In the Catalogue of Fruits cultivated in the
Garden of the Horticultural Society, th e Green
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