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which it separates freely, with an abundant sugary and vinous juice, 

 which is very rich. Flowers, small. Leaves, with round glands. 



A first-rate early peach. Ripe in the beginning of August. Mr. 

 Blackniore considers this a very good, though not a large peach. 



It was raised by Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, from seed of Grosse Montagne, 

 and named in honour of the Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. 



EARLY ALFRED. Fruit, rather large, and marked with a deep 

 suture that is rather higher on one side than the other. Skin, re- 

 markably tender, pale straw-coloured on the shaded side, and somewhat 

 mottled with bright crimson on the side next the sun. Flesh, white, 

 with the jelly-like transparency of that of a pine-apple, perfectly 

 melting, richly flavoured and vinous, having an exquisite briskness 

 that excites the salivary glands, and cleaning instead of cloying the 

 palate. Flowers, large. Leaves, with round glands. 



This delicious peach ripens early in August and forces well. 



It was raised by Mr. Rivers from the seed of Hunt's Tawny Nectarine, and was 

 named in honour of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh. 



EARLY ANNE (Anne}. Fruit, medium sized, round. Skin, white, 

 with very little colour, being merely tinged and dotted with red next 

 the sun. Suture, shallow. Flesh, white, even to the stone, pleasant, 

 but rather inclined to be pasty, its earliness being its chief merit. 

 Flowers, large. Leaves, without glands. 



Ripens early in August. 



For many years the Early Anne was the earliest of all peaches, and that on 

 which the old gardeners relied for their earliest forcing. It is now far excelled by 

 Early Beatrice, Early Louise, Early Rivers, and others of the same family ; an I 

 after a reputation of" more than a century and a half, it will, in all probability, go 

 out of cultivation. 



It is first described by Switzer in 1724, and figured by Batty Langley in 1729. 

 Switzer says, " It is not so called on account of Queen Anne, as is, by mistake, 

 supposed ;" but in complement to the (at that time) celebrated Mrs. Ann Dunch, 

 of Pusey, in Berkshire, where it was raised." 



EARLY ASCOT. Fruit, medium sized, roundish, and somewhat 

 depressed, marked with a shallow suture, which is deepest towards the 

 stalk. Skin, almost entirely covered with red, which is bright on the 

 shaded side, and almost black, like the Bellegarde, on that exposed to 

 the sun ; on the shaded side a patch of the yellow ground-colour is 

 visible, and is strewed with crimson dots. Flesh, yellowish, very 

 tender, juicy, and melting, with a rich vinous flavour, with a slight 

 tinge of red at the stone, from which it separates freely. Flowers, 

 small. Leaves, with round glands. 



An excellent peach. Ripe in the second week of August. 



This was raised by Mr. Standish, of Ascot, in 1856, from S3ed of the Elruge 

 Nectarine. 



EARLY BEATRICE. Fruit, medium sized, two inches and a half 

 in diameter ; round, a little pointed at the apex, and marked on one 



