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the beginning of September. A Peach called the Malta very closely 

 resembles this. 



3. Grosse Mignonne. 



Synonyms, according to Horticultural Society's Fruit Cata- 

 logue : Grimwood's Royal George, Grimwood's New 

 Royal George, Large French Mignonne, French Mig- 

 nonne, Mignonne, Vincusc, Veloutee, Veloutee de Mer- 

 \et, French Grosse Mignonne, Swiss Mignonne, Pourpree 

 de Normandie, Pourpree Hative (of some), Purple Hative 

 (of some), Early Purple Avant, Purple Avant, Avant, 

 Early May. Early French, Early Vineyard, Padley's Early 

 Purple, Neil's Early Purple, Johnson's Early Purple, 

 Johnson's Purple Avant, Forster's, Forster's Early, Ro- 

 nalds's Early Galande, Ronalds's Seedling Galande, Belle 

 Bausse, Belle Bauce, Belle Beaute, Kensington, Royal 

 Kensington, La Royale (of some), Superb Royal, Vineuse 

 de Fromentin, Transparent. 

 Flowers large, deep rose-colour. Leaves crenated, with globose 

 glands. Fruit large, of a flattened globular figure, with a slightly 

 hollow crown. The cavity at the base is wide, and the suture is 

 strongly marked. Skin very dark rich red next the sun, on the 

 shaded side yellowish, thickly mottled with red. Flesh yellowish, 

 with red rays surrounding the stone ; very juicy and of excellent 

 flavour. The stone is rather small, oval, having one projecting edge 

 and very rugged sides. Ripens about the same time as, or rather 

 earlier than, the Royal George, and is a most valuable sort both for 

 forcing and for wall culture. 



4. Bellegarde. 



Synonyms, according to Horticultural Society's Fruit Cata- 

 logue : Galande, Noir de Montreuil, Violette Hative (of 

 English), Violette Hative Grosse (ibid.). Early Galande 

 (of some), Brentford Mignonne, Ronalds's Brentford Mig- 

 nonne, French Royal George, Smooth -leaved Royal 

 George (of some). Large Violet, French Violette Hative 

 (of some). 

 Flowers small, reddish pink. Leaves crenated, with globose glands. 

 Fruit large, globular, and for the most part regular in form, having a 

 shallow suture and slightly hollowed summit, upon which there is 

 generally a small point. Skin, on the sunny side very deep red, 

 with broken streaks or blotches of dark purple intermixed ; yellowish 

 green where shaded. Flesh pale greenish yellow, slightly tinged 

 with red next the stone ; very juicy and highly flavoured. The stone 

 is rather large, and slightly pointed. An admirable Peach, which 

 ripens towards the middle of September, immediately succeeding the 

 Noblesse. 



5. Barrington. 



Synonyms, according to Horticultural Society's Fruit Cata- 

 logue : Buckingham Mignonne, Colonel Ansley's. 

 Flowers large. Leaves crenated, with globose glands. Fruit 



