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wards the sun, ftod pale on the other side. It 

 npeiis in Sciiteiubcr.T — The Out-cn Charlotte, 

 w]»icii jvearly resembles the Small .Mignonac ; ajid 

 ripens about the same liinc. — ^The Late Vi«)let, 

 vlych js esteemed a ^:u^^• fine peaeh, and ripens 

 in September. — Lockver's Peach is a tine hand- 

 tiume iriiit, aud ripeus iu ■September. 



iu addition to the above, Mr. For.^yth men- 

 tions others, ;is proper for cultivation, as : Alien's 

 Royal ; Bourdcaux ; Buckingham Mignonne ; 

 C aritsle ; Double iiivaliJi ; Double Mont;igne ; 

 Dwart Orleans; Eton; Fairscot's ; Fords Seed- 

 ling; llemskiik; lucumparable ; Lord Falcon- 

 berg's jVlignoime; Low'j; Large iSlelung; Mal- 

 JsiCotttB ; Millet's Mignoume; Piwic Admirable; 

 Fa\ ie Royale ; Pedie de Pan ; iloiiald'ji F^ly Gal- 

 lande^ Swn ;Smoi>th-leaied Ko^'al Georue ; Stew- 

 ard's L.ale Gallande; V'auuuard ; \'iolette Ha- 

 tive ; VVliitc Biossomod; and the Double Blos- 

 soiu, \\ Itich is highly .useiul as an ornamental 

 pi;uu. 



^'ot^^ithstanding•this extensive list, a few sorts 

 arc only recommended as worth planting, in 

 JVliller's Dictionary. Theseare the Early Purple ; 

 the Crosse Wiijnoanc ; Belle Chevreuse ; Red Mag- 

 dalen ; Chancellor; Belleffarde ; Bourdinej Ko- 

 sauna ; Kandiouillet, and Nivette. But with 

 these, other authors recommend the Small Mig- 

 Donue ; Eailv A'ewiugton; Noblesse; Admirable; 

 Roval ; iVIonstroui! I'avie ; S.\vdlch, &c. 



\\'here there is room, and thc-situationis warm, 

 one or iv\ o trees of tlic Catharine Peach should 

 have places ; as in very xvarm seasons it is an ex- 

 cellent fruit. 



As these sorts faUow each other in the times 

 of their ripening, ihev will be sufficient to .fur- 

 nish proper supplies of this fruit during the sea- 

 sou : but as in soiue seasouB .tliere are particular 

 sortsof peaches verv -aood, which in other seasons 

 often provi: but indi^'ereut .; when there is a 

 sufficient extent of » alls, it mav be adviseablc 

 to plant three or tour other jsorts ; as the Mon- 

 tauban ; the Lisle; tlie Old ivewington; La 

 Teton de \'enus, bic. 



Mr. Forsvth thinks the following sorts best 

 suited to small trardens : the Early Avant ; Small 

 Mignonne; the Anne Peach; Koyai George; 

 Boval Kensington; Noblesse; Early Newing- 

 ton ; Gallande ; Early Purple ; Chancellor ; Ni- 

 vette; the Catharine ; ai^d the Late Newington. 



Against walls that have a north or east aspect, 

 he recommends the Early Avant; Early Ann; 

 Early Mignonne ; Royal George ; Red Magda- 

 len ; Royal Kensington; Noblesse; Grosse Mi- 

 gnone ; and Millet's Misnonne. 



For the purpose of being forced in the peach- 

 house, the following sorts are considered as the 

 most proper by the author of the Scotch Forcing 



Gardener: fheRedM.igdalen; White ditto ; Royal 

 Gi.orge; (himwood's ditto; Noblesse; French 

 Mignomie; Montauban ; Teton ile Venus ; Earlv 

 Purple; Late ditto ; Orange ; Hative;&e. Mr. 

 Forsyth likewise advises the use of the Catharine 

 Peach in this way, as possessing many advan- 

 tages. 



In France they distinguksh those called Peacheis 

 into Pavles and Ptaclies ; those being called 

 I'eaehes which quit the stone; while those whoso 

 flesh closely adheres to it are termed Pavies.' The 

 last are much more esteemed tliere than the 

 I'eaehes, though in this countr}' the Peaches arc 

 preferred by many persons. 



The sign of a good Peach is that of its having 

 a tirm flesh, the skin line and thin ; of a deep 

 or bright red colour next .the sun, and yellowish 

 next the wall. The flesh of a yellowish cohiur, 

 and full of high-fl;ivoured jviiee ; the stone small, 

 and the pulp or flesh very thick. 



The third, or Nectarine, though formerly con- 

 sidered as a distinct species from the great difler- 

 ence in the fiuit from that of the Peach, is at 

 present, on account of tire ditl'ereiU sorts of fruit 

 having been produced on tlie peach-tree, esteemed 

 as a variety of it. It is not capable of being di- 

 stinguished from the peach either in its mode of 

 growth, wood, leaves, or flowers, with any great 

 decree of certainty ; but the fruit is perfectly di- 

 stinct in all the ditfercnt stages of its increase and 

 niaturaiion ; the skiu or rind in it being smooth 

 and firm, while iu tlie peach it is covered with 

 a soft dowJi^' substance. Tlw; flesh or pulp of 

 the former is likewise much liriuer tlian in the 

 latter. 



It mav, however, be treated of separately for 

 the s;ds.e of dislinctiou in its culture. 



The^/. Aucifiersiia, or Nectarine Tree, iscom- 

 mouly a Siuallcr .tree thaji the Peach : the trunk 

 and larger brandits are covcied with a lighter 

 bark^ the smallex branches or twigs are more 

 tender, and inclining to red : the flowers are icjs 

 than tliose of ilie Peach, and of a darker red co- 

 lour. These difl'eienees are, however, irequenlly 

 trifling, and by no means consumt. The prin- 

 cipal distinction certaiidvis in the fruit, wluch is 

 smaller and rounder, without any lateral .cleft. 

 Ii has its name JSuciptfisica iioui the similitude 

 of the fruit in smoothness, colour, size,ajid Jocm, 

 to the Walnut covered with its outer greui shell : 

 and the English name of NecLariue is deservetUy 

 given it, from the rich, racy, neciareoas flavour 

 of the fruit; which in its highest perfection is 

 superior to any other European Iruit, and perhaps 

 to many boasted fruits of hotter climates. 



There are several varieties that deserve atten- 

 tion for the purpose of cultivation: Fairchild's 

 Early Nectarine, which is one of the earliest, i> 

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