THE FRUIT GROWERS GUIDE. 



* LADY PALMERSTON. Fruit large ; skin greenish yellow 



marbled with crimson ; flesh pale yellow, melting, 

 and well flavoured. Tree healthy under glass, and 

 a good bearer ; flowers small ; glands kidney- 

 shaped ; fruit handsome, and ripe at the end of 

 September or early in October. 



* LORD PALMERSTON. Fruit very large ; skin creamy 



white, with a pink cheek ; flesh firm, and well 

 flavoured. Tree healthy under glass, and produc- 

 tive ; flowers large ; glands round, sometimes 

 kidney-shaped, but not always present ; fruit ripe 

 at the end of September or early in October ; grown 

 more for its large size than high quality. 



* NECTARINE PEACH. Fruit very large, ovate or conical, 



with a pointed nipple ; skin smooth, nectarine-like, 

 yellow, mottled with bright red next the sun ; flesh 

 firm, melting, brisk, and richly flavoured. Tree 

 healthy, and a free bearer ; flowers large ; 'glands 

 small, kidney-shaped ; fruit distinct ; bears carriage 

 well, but the nipple is an impediment in packing ; 

 ripe end of September or early in October. 



* OSPREY. Fruit very large, oblate; skin creamy white, 

 faintly tinged with red on the sun side ; flesh tender, 

 melting, sweet, yet sprightly, and well flavoured. 

 Tree healthy, and a good bearer ; flowers small ; 

 glands round ; fruit handsome, and ripe at the end 

 of September. 



SALWEY. Fruit large, round ; skin deep, rich yellow ; 

 flesh yellow, sometimes melting, juicy, vinous, and 

 pleasantly flavoured, but often dry, woolly, and 

 only good in appearance. Tree healthy and pro- 

 ductive ; flowers small ; glands kidney-shaped ; 

 fruit handsome, and ripe from the middle of 

 October to early in November. 



WALBURTON ADMIRABLE. Fruit large, round ; skin 

 pale green, suffused with crimson, and mottled with 

 darker crimson on the sun side ; flesh yellowish 

 white, melting, juicy, rich, and excellently 

 flavoured. Tree hardy, and a good bearer gene- 

 rally ; flowers small ; glands round ; fruit ripe at 

 the end of September or early in October ; one of 

 the best of the latest peaches. 



* Varieties of peaches to which an asterisk is prefixed were raised at Sawbridgeworth. 



SELECTIONS OF PEACHES FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES. 



I. TWENTY-FOUR OF THE BEST VARIETIES FOR GROWING AGAINST A SOUTH WALL, OR IN A COOL HOUSE ; 



NAMED IN THEIR ORDER OF RIPENING. 



Waterloo. 

 Early Louise. 

 Hale's Early. 

 Early Alfred. 

 Large Early Mignonne. 

 Early Grosse Mignonne. 

 Rivers' Early York. 

 Dr. Ho. 



Crimson Galande. 

 Condor. 

 Dymond. 

 Goshawk. 

 Grosse Mignonne. 

 Alexandra Noblesse. 

 Stirling Castle. 

 Royal George. 



Noblesse. 

 Exquisite. 

 Bellegarde. 

 Barrington. 

 Sea Eagle. 

 Gladstone. 

 Late Admirable. 

 Golden Ea<jle. 



II. SELECT VARIETIES FOR GROWING AGAINST A SOUTH WALL GENERALLY. 



Tivelve. 

 Waterloo. 



Early Louise. 

 Hale's Early. 

 Dr. Hogg. 

 Crimson Galande. 

 Dymond. 

 Grosse Mignonne. 

 Alexandra Noblesse. 

 Stirling Castle. 

 Bellegarde. 

 Barrington. 

 Gladstone. 



Six. 



Waterloo. 

 Hale's Early. 

 Crimson Galande. 

 Stirling Castle. 

 Bellegarde. 

 Gladstone. 



Four. 



Early Louise. 

 Dymond. 

 Stirling Castle. 

 Gladstone. 



Three. 

 Hale's Early. 



Grosse Mignonne, 

 Gladstone. 



Hale's Early. 

 Stirling Castle. 



Two. 



One. 



Stirling Castle. 



