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which it separates freely ; very tender and melting, remarkably succu- 

 lent, with a delicious saccharine and vinous juice. Flowers, small. 

 Leaves, with round glands. 



Ripens in the end of August and beginning of September. 



This is a very large peach, with yellow flesh like an apricot, and, like 

 most of the yellow peaches, is of inferior quality. , 



CRIMSON GALANDE (Crimson Mf/nomw). Fruit, large, roundish, 

 and rather uneven in its outline, marked with a very faint suture, and 

 pitted at the apex. Skin, almost entirely covered with very dark 

 crimson, nearly black. The little on the shaded side that is not 

 coloured is a pale yellow. Flesh, very tender and melting, very much 

 and deeply stained with blood red at the stone, from which it separates 

 freely. Juice, very abundant, rich, sprightly, and deliciously flavoured. 

 Flowers, small. Leaves, with round glands. 



This is a very distinct and very excellent peach, and ripens from the 

 middle to the end of August. Mr. Blackmore finds this a very good 

 peach, resembling a Grosse Mignonne more than a Galande. 



The tree is a remarkably free grower, and an abundant bearer. 



It was raised by Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridge worth, from Belle Bauce ; bnt it is 

 a much better grower than that variety. 



DAGMAR. Fruit, round, and marked with a shallow suture, which 

 is deepest at the apex. Skin, very tender, more than usually downy, 

 of a pale straw-colour, almost entirely covered with minute crimson 

 dots, so dense that they nearly form a solid mass of colour ; but here 

 and there small patches of the yellow ground-colour show through and 

 give the appearance as if the fruit were mottled with yellow. Flesh, 

 white, with a gelatinous appearance ; it is so tender as to melt entirely 

 away in the mouth, and the flavour is very rich and vinous. Flowers, 

 small. Leaves, with generally kidney-shaped glands, but occasionally 

 they are round on the small leaves. This is one of the varieties which 

 exhibit various-formed glands on the same plant. 



This ripens about the 10th of August. It does not force well. 



It was raised by Mr. Rivers, and is the second generation from Early Albert, 

 which he also raised, and was named in honour of Princess Dagmar of Denmark, 

 sister of the Princess of Wales. 



DESSE TARDIVE. Fruit, large, round, flat at the top, and 

 marked with a deep suture at the stalk. Skin, of a very pale colour, 

 covered on the shaded side with minute red dots, and a light tinge of 

 red next the sun. Flesh, pale greenish white, with a faint rosy tin^e 

 next the stone, melting, very juicy, sweet, richly flavoured, and vinous. 

 Flowers, small. Leaves, with round glands. 



This is one of the best ripe late peaches. Ripe in the end of Sep- 

 tember and beginning of October. 



There is a Desse Hdtive quite distinct from this, which ripens in the 

 middle of August, having kidney-shaped glands and large flowers. 



