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hering to the flesh, though a freestone : it is the most ad- 

 mired fruit of the season, which is in August. When 

 not too ripe it makes a most delicate preserve, ("fig. $.J 



SO. DUTCHESS. 



A very large fine peach, with a white skin, a red 

 cheek and clear stone : ripens in August and Sep- 

 tember. 



21. GROSSE MIGNONNE. 



Is a large round peach, flattened at the ends, divided 

 by a deep furrow frequently into unequal parts the 

 stem small, a small point at the blossom end, the skin 

 covered with a thin fine down, the colour a clear green 

 approaching to yellow, towards the sun a deep brown- 

 ish red ; the flesh is fine, melting, juicy delicate and 

 white tinged with red near the stone : the juice is 

 sweet, vinous and sprightly 5 ripens in August, (Jig. 7.) 



S&. ROYAL GEORGE. 



A large, long, and very handsome clingstone : the 

 akin a pale yellowish white, with a blush towards the 



