PEACHES. 455 



some of those eminent Dutch merchants who were among our greatest patrons of 

 gardening in the time of Queen Anne and George the First. 



Noire de Montreuil. See Bellegarde. 



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Noisette. See Chancellor. 

 Newington. See Old Newington. 



OLD NEWINGTON (Newinyton}. Fruit, large, roundish, marked 

 with a shallow suture. Skin, pale yellow in the shade, and fine red, 

 marked with still darker red, on the side next the sun. Flesh, yellowish 

 white, deep red at the stone, to which it adheres ; of a juiy, rich, 

 and very vinous flavour. Flowers, large, Leaves, without glands. 



Ripe in the middle of September. 



D' Orange. See Yellow Admirable. 



OSPREY. Fruit, very large, three inches and a half wide and 

 two inches and three-quarters high ; oblate, depressed at the crown, 

 from which issues a distinct suture towards the base. Skin, quite 

 pale, assuming a creamy tinge next the sun with a slight stain of 

 crimson. Flesh, very tender and melting, having a semi-transparent 

 gelatinous appearance with a deep crimson stain next the stone, to 

 which it slightly adheres, and with a very rich, sweet, and sprightly 

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



This very handsome and excellent peach is ripe in an orchard-house 

 in the middle of September. 



Raised by Mr. Rivers from Pitmaston Orange Nectarine at the same time as 

 Prince of Wales, about the year 1860. 



Padley's Early Purple. See Grosse Mignonne. 

 Pa vie Admirable. See Boudin. 



PA VIE BONNEUIL. Fruit, medium sized, roundish, with a 

 nipple at the apex, marked on one side with a wide and rather deep 

 suture. Skin, covered with fine down, greenish white, slightly coloured 

 next the sun, and adhering closely to the flesh. Flesh, firm, white, 

 sweet, and juicy, but not highly flavoured, and adhering closely to the 

 stone. Flowers, large. Leaves, without glands. 



This is a very late clingstone peach, which does not ripen against 

 a wall in the open air till the second week in November, and after being 

 gathered keeps long in the fruit-room. For orchard-house culture it 

 may be well adapted on account of its lateness. 



Pa vie Camu. See Pavie de Pompone. 

 Pavie Monstrueuse. See Pavie de Pompone. 



PA VIE DE POMPONE (Gros Malecoton; Gros Perseque Rouge; 

 Monstrous Pavie of Pompone ; Pavie Camu ; Pavie Monstrueux ; Pavie 

 Uouge de Pompone; Pavie Piowje). Fruit, immensely large and round, 



