136 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



nous, and one of the best of peaches. It ripens in August. 

 [Leaves G. Flowers p.] 



18. *GROSSE GALLANDE. 



Large and very handsome, of round form; white in the 

 shade, red next the sun ; flavor excellent. A very superior 

 fruit, which some have confounded with the Bellegarde. 

 It ripens early in September. 



19. BUCKINGHAM MIGNONNE. Pom. Mag. 

 BARRINGTON. Pom. Mag. Land. Hart. Cat. 



" Leaves crenated, with globose glands ; flowers large ; 

 the fruit is large, roundish, somewhat elongated; pale yel- 

 lowish green, but deep red and marbled next the sun ; the 

 flesh yellowish white, rayed with crimson next the stone ; 

 melting, juicy, and very rich. A productive and handsome 

 variety." 



20. *GROSSE MIGNONNE. 



MIGNONNE, GROSSE MIGNONNE, VELOUTEE DE MERLET, of 

 the French. 



GRIMWOOD'S NEW ROYAL GEORGE, EARLY VINEYARD. 



ROYAL KENSINGTON. Pom. Mag. Lind. 



VINEUSE DE FROMENTIN. Thompson. TRANSPARENT. Ib. 



ROYAL SOUVERAIN. Ib. POCRPRE DE NORMANDIE. Ib. 



BELLE BEACTE. 76. 



SMOOTH-LEAVED ROYAL GEORGE. Ib. 



MORRIS'S RED RARERIPE. 



This last synonyme I have added on the authority of a 

 gentleman near Boston, of great intelligence and experi- 

 ence. This peach, exhibited by Mr. Vose, has been ad- 

 judged as deserving the premium of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, for-oneor two successive years, and 

 is probably one of the most beautiful and delicious varie- 

 ties in cultivation. The fruit is large, depressed, hollow 

 at the summit ; its suture moderately deep ; the skin 

 slightly downy ; of a fine deep red next the sun, marbled 

 on a yellow ground towards the shade ; the flesh pale 

 yellow, rayed with red next the stone, melting, juicy, of a 

 rich, vinous flavor ; the stone rugged, ovate. Last of 

 August. [Leaves G. Flowers L. d. r.] 



21. *GE9RGE FOURTH. 



The fruit is of medium size, downy ; of a globular form, 

 swollen on one side ; pale yellow in the shade, dark red 

 next the sun; the flesh pale yellow, but red next the stone; 

 of a rich and excellent flavor. A most superior fruit, which 

 originated, "according to Mr. Floy, in the garden of Mr. 



