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form and appearance. It is very melting, juicy, and rich- 

 flavoured ; in colour, pale green, tinged with yellow, 

 and deep, rich crimson on the sunny side. The flesh is 

 pale yellow, a little streaked with red round the stone, 

 which comes away freely, and is rather large and pointed. 

 The suture is shallow, and the apex hollowed, with a 

 little projecting point in the centre. The leaves are 

 crenate, with globose glands. Like all extensive 

 favourites, it has many synonymes, G-alande, Large 

 Violet, Early Gralande, and Noire de Montreuil. It is 

 ripe the beginning and middle of September, and it is a 

 good sort for forcing. 



Smith's Newington is a very good medium-sized peach, 

 rather oval in shape, narrowing at the apex, and largest 

 on one side. It is a firm, nice-flavoured peach ; in 

 colour, pale yellow or straw-coloured, with a bright 

 dark-red cheek ; and the flesh is pale yellow, turning red 

 near the stone, to which the flesh adheres firmly. The 

 leaves are doubly serrated, without glands, and the bloom 

 is large and pale- coloured. Other names for it are Early 

 Newingtoii and Smith's Early Newington. It ripena 

 early in September. 



Noblesse is one of the best either for forcing or for 

 the open wall. The fruit is large, rather oblong, 

 narrower at the apex, where it has an acute nipple. 

 It is very juicy, rich, and high-flavoured ; not very 

 downy, pale yellowish-green, but streaked and blotched 

 with dull red towards the sun ; the flesh is melting, 

 and yellowish-white throughout. The stone is large, 

 obovate, and pointed, and separates readily from the 

 flesh. The leaves are doubly serrated, without glands, 

 and the bloom is large and pale blush-coloured. It 

 is one of our best early peaches, and ripens late in 

 August and early in September. It is the same as 

 Mellish's Favourite, but it differs from Vanguard, with 

 which it is often confused, that being of a taller growth 

 than Noblesse ; the fruit, too, is more globular, with 

 the apex depressed. The peaches are, however, of 

 about equal merit. 



Chancellor is a large oval peach, with a very distinct 



