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THE FRUIT GROWERS GUIDE. 



* EARLY ALFRED. Fruit medium to large ; skin pale 

 straw, mottled with crimson on the sun side ; flesh 

 white, melting, juicy, and richly flavoured. Tree 

 hardy, and a good bearer ; flowers large ; glands 

 round ; fruit ripe early in August. 



EARLY GROSSE MIGNONNE. Fruit medium-sized, 

 roundish ; skin pale red on the sun side ; flesh 

 white, with red veins, juicy, and richly flavoured. 

 Tree healthy, and a good bearer ; flowers large ; 

 glands round ; fruit ripe about the second week in 

 August ; one of the finest. 



HALE'S EARLY. Fruit medium-sized, round ; skin 

 dark red on the sun side, otherwise suffused with 

 crimson, streaked with darker crimson ; flesh 

 yellow, melting, juicy, and deliciously flavoured. 



Tree hardy, and an abundant bearer ; flowers large ; 

 glands round ; fruit ripe early in August ; an 

 American variety largely grown for market. 



* LARGE EARLY MIGNONNE. Fruit very large ; skin 



pale straw, with a rosy cheek on the sun side ; 

 flesh melting, very juicy, and deliciously flavoured 

 Tree healthy, and a good bearer ; flowers large ; 

 glands round ; fruit ripe at the beginning of 

 August ; very fine under glass. 



* RIVERS' EARLY YORK. Fruit medium- sized, roundish 



ovate ; skin greenish white, dark red on the sun 

 side ; flesh greenish white, melting, and richly 

 flavoured. Tree hardy, and a capital bearer ; 

 flowers large ; glands round ; fruit ripe early in 

 August ; an excellent variety. 



III. EARLY MIDSEASON PEACHES. Season : Middle to End of August. 



* CRIMSON GALANDE. Fruit medium to large, 



roundish ; skin dark crimson, nearly black if well 

 exposed to the sun, ground colour yellow ; flesh 

 melting, very juicy, sprightly, and richly flavoured. 

 Tree a free, healthy grower, and an abundant 

 bearer ; flowers small ; glands round ; fruit ripe 

 from the middle to the end of August. 



* DR. HOGG. Fruit large, round ; skin lemon, dotted 



with crimson, and with a flushed crimson cheek ; 

 flesh firm, yet melting, with a brisk, rich flavour. 

 Tree a fine grower, healthy, and an abundant 



bearer; flowers large; glands kidney - shaped ; 

 fruit ripe at the middle of August, sometimes a 

 few days earlier, and bears carriage well. 



* MAGDALA. Fruit medium size, sometimes large ; skin 

 creamy white, marbled and blotched with crimson, 

 highly coloured on the sun side ; flesh melting, juicy, 

 and exquisitely flavoured a combination of the 

 peach and nectarine. Tree healthy, and a good 

 bearer, excellent against a wall outdoors ; flowers 

 small ; glands kidney-shaped ; fruit ripe at the end 

 of August. 



IV. MAIN MIDSEASON PEACHES. Season : Beginning to the Middle of September. 



*ALEXANDR\ NOBLESSE. Fruit very large, round; 

 skin yellowish, with a few reddish dots on the sun 

 side ; flesh white, very tender and melting, very 

 juicy, and deliciously flavoured. Tree hardy, and 

 a good bearer ; flowers large ; glands round ; 

 fruit ripe early in September, sometimes earlier; one 

 of the best flavoured of the pale-coloured peaches. 



BELLEGARDE (Galande). Fruit large, round ; skin red, 

 streaked with darker red ; flesh pale yellow, melt- 

 ing, very juicy, rich and vinous. Tree healthy, 

 and a free bearer ; flowers small ; glands round ; ripe 

 at the beginning to the middle of September ; one of 

 the richest-flavoured peaches. 



BELLE BEAUCE. Fruit very large ; skin greenish yellow, 

 mottled with red, sometimes highly coloured 

 almost over the entire surface ; flesh tender, vinous, 

 and deliciously flavoured. Tree not highly produc- 

 tive ; flowers large ; glands round ; fruit ripe in the 

 middle of September ; one of the best for size 

 and quality. 



DYMOND. Fruit very large : skin mottled with red on 

 the sun side, sometimes highly coloured ; flesh 

 white, melting, very juicy, and highly flavoured. 

 Tree hardy and prolific ; flowers large ; glandless ; 

 fruit ripe early in September, sometimes at the end 

 of August ; a very fine variety, either for out-door 

 or in-cloor culture. 



* GOSHAWK. Fruit very large ; skin pale, sometimes 

 faintly streaked on the sun side ; flesh very tender, 

 juicy, and exquisitely flavoured. Tree healthy 

 and, in firm soil, a good bearer ; flowers large ; 

 leaves serrated, glandless ; fruit ripe early in Sep- 

 tember ; one of the best for quality. 



GROSSE MIGNONNE. Fruit large, roundish; skin 

 greenish yellow, mottled with red, and dark red all 

 over on the sun side ; flesh pale yellow, melting, 

 very juicy, vinous, and deliciously flavoured. Tree 

 fairly hardy, and an average bearer ; flowers large ; 

 glands round ; fruit ripe early in September ; one 

 of the best peaches. 



