448 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



GLADSTONE. Fruit, very large, three inches and a quarter wide 

 and two inches and three-quarters high; round and depressed, being 

 quite oblate, having a very shallow suture and very depressed crown. 

 Skin, pale like the Noblesse, with a slightly mottled cheek of thin red. 

 Flesh, white, very tender, melting, and juicy, with a rich vinous flavour, 

 and separating freely from the stone. Flowers, large. Leaves, with- 

 out glands. 



A late peach, ripening in the end of September ; it was raised by 

 Mr. Rivers. 



GOLDEN EAGLE. Fruit, very large, three inches and a quarter 

 wide and three inches high ; round, with a deep suture and depressed 

 crown. Skin, deep orange, a thin red cheek on the side next the sun, 

 and a greenish yellow tinge on the shaded side. Flesh, very tender 

 and melting, mottled with gelatinous-like patches of rich flavour, and 

 stained with red at the stone, from which it separates freely. Flowers 

 small. Leaves, with kidney-shaped glands. 



A yellow peach, superior to any of the yellow peaches I have ever 

 met with ; ripe in the end of September. It was raised by Mr. 

 Rivers. 



Golden Fleshed. See Yellow Alberge. 

 Golden Mignonne. See Yellow Alberge. 



GOLDEN RATH-RIPE (Golden Rare-ripe). Fruit, very large, 

 three inches and a quarter wide and two inches and three-quarters 

 high; roundish, depressed at the crown, and with a distinct suture, 

 which is higher on one side than the other. Skin, bright yellow on 

 the shaded side, but brownish red next the sun. Stalk, rather deeply 

 inserted. Flesh, rich yellow colour, tender, melting, and very juicy, 

 richly flavoured, stained with red at the stone, from which it separates 

 freely. Flowers, small. Leaves, with round glands. 



One of the best of the yellow peaches introduced from America by 

 Mr. Rivers ; it ripens in the beginning of September. 



In the previous editions of this work I made Golden Rath-ripe 

 synonymous with Yellow Admirable. I, along with my friend, the late 

 Mr. Rivers, was led into this error through his having received from 

 America some plants of Golden Rath-ripe, which proved to be Yellow 

 Admirable. 



GREGORY'S LATE. Fruit, large, ovate, and pointed. Skin, 

 pale green on the shaded side, and with a dark red cheek, like Royal 

 George, on the side next the sun. Flesh, very melting, vinous, sugary, 

 and highly flavoured. Flowers, small. Leaves, with round glands. 



Ripe in the end of September or beginning of October. 



It is an excellent late melting peach, somewhat later than Late 

 Admirable. Does not colour or ripen well in ordinary seasons. 



This was introduced by Mr. William Gregory, a nurseryman at Cirencester, 

 about the year 1849. 



