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large, frequently globular, with a moderate suture along the side, and 

 a slight depression at the apex, but some specimens assume a more 

 elongated shape. Skin dark red on the exposed parts, somewhat 

 marbled with a still darker colour ; })ale yellowish green when quite 

 shaded. Flesh greenish white, faintly tinted with red next the stone ; 

 very juicy and well flavoured. The stone is of a brown colour, 

 small, oval in form, with a lengthened point at the top. Ripens from 

 the beginning to the middle of September, and is a very good Peach, 

 although perhaps not quite equal to those previously described. 



6. Chancellor. 



Synonyms, according to Horticultural Society's Fruit Cata- 

 logue : Chancelliere var. (of Duliamel), Noisette, Late 

 Chancellor, Steward's Late Galande, Edgar's Late Melting. 

 Flowers small. Leaves crenated, with reniform glands. Fruit 

 moderately large, long rather than round, and in some specimens 

 decidedly oval. Skin dark red where fully exposed to the sun, shad- 

 ing off to a greenish yellow next the wall, and partially mottled with 

 red about the union of the two colours. Flesh greenish yellow, with 

 much red near the stone ; melting, and very good. This is a valuable 

 Peach, inasmuch as it comes in for use between the Bellegarde and 

 the Late Admirable. The Belle Chevreuse is extremely like it ; indeed 

 I am not quite certain that this description was not taken from that 

 variety. 



7. Late Admirable. 



Synonyms, according to Horticultural Society's Fruit Cata- 

 logue : Royal, La Royale, Peche Royale, Bourdine, Bou- 

 dine, Boudin, Narbonne, French Bourdine, Teton de Ve- 

 nus, Belle Bausse (of some), Belle Bauce (of some), Judd's 

 Melting, Late Purple (of some), Pourpree Tardive (of 

 some), Motteux's. 

 Flowers small, pale red. Leaves crenated, with globose glands. 

 Fruit very large, generally rounded and regular, with equally swell- 

 ing sides, but occasionally inclined to an oval figure, and the apex is 

 frequently pointed with a small nipple. Skin pale yellowish green on 

 the shaded side ; next the sun red, partially marbled with deeper red. 

 Flesh greenish white, faintly tinged with red next the stone, which 

 is above the middle size, oval, sharply pointed at the apex, and of a 

 reddish brown colour. Ripens in the end of September, and is the 

 latest really good Peach cultivated in this country; for which reason, 

 in addition to its other high qualities, it deserves a place in every 

 garden. 



The sorts above described, with the addition of the Walburton 

 Admirable, noticed by Mr. Rivers in a former Number, are as many 

 as the majority of cultivators will require; there are, however, two or 

 three other varieties which deserve notice on account of their earli- 

 ness, or some other peculiar quality ; and these, with the Nectarines, 

 will form another paper. 



J. B. Whiting. 



