PEACHES. 447 



EXQUISITE. Fruit, of immense size, being ten and a half inches 

 in circumference, and weighing nine and a half ounces ; roundish oval 

 in shape, marked with a distinct suture, and terminated at the apex by a 

 sharp nipple. Skin, yellow as that of an apricot, with a dark crimson 

 mottled cheek on the side next the sun. Flesh, deep yellow, veined 

 and stained with deep blood red at the stone, tender, melting, juicy, 

 rich, and vinous. Flowers, small. Leaves, with round glands. 



This is a noble peach, and one of delicious flavour ; it was raised 

 in Georgia, U.S.A., and introduced to this country by Mr. Rivers. It 

 ripens in the middle of September. 



FLAT CHINA (China Peach; Java Peach). The shape of this 

 peach is very remarkable. It is quite flat and deeply hollowed, both at 

 the crown and the stalk, so that a section of it is somewhat like the 

 figure oo. It is about two inches and a half in diameter, and not more 

 than three-quarters of an inch thick. Skin, pale yellow, mottled with 

 red on the side next the sun. Flesh, pale yellow, red at the stone, and 

 of good flavour. Flowers, large. Leaves, with kidney-shaped glands. 



It first fruited in the garden of Mr. Braddick, of Thames Ditton, who sent it to 

 the Horticultural Society in 1819. All the trees existing at the time in this country 

 were killed by the severe frost of 1838, and it was again introduced by the Royal 

 Horticultural Society in 1868 from the Continent. 



Forster's Early. See Grosse Mignonne. 

 French Galande. See Bellegarde. 

 French Magdalen. See Red Magdalen. 

 French Mignonne. See Grosse Mignonne. 



FROGMORE GOLDEN. This is one of the yellow-fleshed, or 

 apricot peaches, raised by Mr. Ingram, gardener to Her Majesty at 

 Frogmore. The fruit is medium sized, of a deep apricot colour, and 

 bright red next the sun. The flesh is tender, very juicy, separating 

 from the stone, and with a rich vinous flavour. 



This is remarkable for its earliness. It ripens against a wall in the 

 end of July. 



Galande. See Bellegarde. 



GEORGE THE FOURTH. Fruit, large, round, swollen on one 

 side of the suture. Skin, yellowish white, dotted with red, and rich 

 dark red next the sun, mottled with dark red where the two colours 

 blend. Suture, deep at the summit. Stalk, set in a hollow depression. 

 Flesh, pale yellow, rich, vinous, and juicy. Flowers, small. Leaves, 

 with round glands. 



Ripe early in September. 



This is a very large and very excellent peach. 



It was introduced from America several years ago, but is not now much in culti- 

 vation. It was raised in New York, the original tree having stood in the garden 

 of Mr. Gill, in Broad Street. 



