PEACHES. 451 



INCOMPARABLE EN BE AUTE. Fruit, large, round, and de- 

 pressed at both ends. Skin, pale yellowish green in the shade, but 

 streaked with crimson and covered with deep brownish red next the 

 sun. Flesh, white, dark red at the stone, melting and juicy, vinous, 

 and with a somewhat musky flavour. A very showy fruit, but is not 

 of first-rate quality. Flowers, small. Leaves, with round glands. 



Ripe in the middle of September. Mr. Blackmore says that at 

 Teddington it has no beauty at all. 



Italian. See Malta. 



Java Peach. See Flat China. 



Johnson's Early Purple Avant. See Grosse Mignonne. 



Judd's Melting. See Late Admirable. 



Kew Early Purple. See Royal Charlotte. 



LADY PALMERSTON. Fruit, large and handsome. Skin, greenish 

 yellow, marked with crimson. Flesh, pale yellow, separating from the 

 stone ; rich and melting. Flowers, small. Leaves, with kidney-shaped 

 glands. 



This is a remarkably fine late peach, and ripens in the end of Sep- 

 tember and beginning of October. 



It was raised by Mr. Rivers from Pine-apple Nectarine. 



LATE ADMIRABLE ( Judd's Melting ; Motteux's Seedling). Fruit, 

 very large, elongated, terminated with an acute swollen nipple. Skin, 

 yellowish green, pale red and marbled, and striped with deep red next 

 the sun. Suture, deep. Flesh, greenish white, with red veins at the 

 stone ; delicate, juicy, rich, and vinous. Flowers, small. Leaves, 

 with round glands. 



Ripe in the middle and end of September. 



One of the best late peaches, but Mr. Blackmore says that at Ted- 

 dington it is of " poor quality." 



Late Chancellor. See Chancellor. 



LARGE EARLY MIGNONNE. Fruit, very large. Skin, pale 

 straw-colour, with a beautiful rosy blush on the side exposed to the 

 sun. Flesh, melting, and very juicy, with a very rich flavour. Flowers, 

 large. Leaves, with round glands. 



This fine handsome peach is a week earlier than Early Grosse Mig- 

 nonne. It was raised by Mr. Rivers from Belle Bauce in 1865. 



LEOPOLD THE FIRST. Fruit, very large, round, pitted at the 

 apex, and marked with a distinct suture on one side. Skin, pale 

 yellow, tinged with red, and very slightly or not at all washed with red 

 next the sun. Flesh, tender, very melting, vinous, and perfumed. 

 Flowers, large. Leaves, with round glands. 



Ripe in the middle of October. ' 



