PEACHES. 



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PRINCE OF WALES. Fruit, very large, roundish, and rather 

 flattened, being wider than high. Skin, covered with a thick down 

 like Barrington, green on the shaded side, and dark red on the side 

 next the sun. Flesh, greenish white, very tender, melting and juicy, 

 rather deeply stained with red next the stone, from which it separates 

 freely ; rich, sugary, and vinous. Flowers, small. Leaves, with 

 kidney-shaped glands. 



A very excellent late peach ; ripe in the middle of September. 



This was raised by Mr. Rivers from the seed of Pitmaston Orange Nectarine. 



PRINCESS OF WALES. Fruit, very large, three inches and a 

 quarter wide and three inches high ; round, rather depressed at the 

 crown, and terminated by a very prominent nipple. Skin, greenish at 

 first, but cream-coloured when fully ripe, very slightly shaded with 

 blush, but generally colourless. Flesh, white with a yellow tinge, 

 melting, juicy, briskly and very richly flavoured ; deep red at the 

 stone, from which it separates. Flowers, large. Leaves, with round 

 glands. 



A fine and handsome fruit, raised by Mr. Rivers from seed of Pavie 

 de Pompone. This is one of the largest and finest flavoured peaches 

 in cultivation ; it ripens in the middle and end of September. 



Mr. Blackmore finds it a grand peach in warm seasons. Useless in 

 cold ones. 



PUCELLE DE M ALINES. Fruit, pretty large, round, and de- 

 pressed, having a well-marked suture. Skin, very downy, clear yellow 

 in the shade, but highly coloured with red next the sun, and marked 

 with brown spots. Flesh, yellowish white, stained with red round the 

 stone, melting, juicy, sugary, with a delicious perfume, and separating 

 from the stone. Flowers, large. Leaves, without glands. 



Ripens in the end of August and beginning of September. 



This belongs to the Noblesse race, but it is not so good as that 

 variety. 



Purple Alberge. See Yellow Alberge. 



RAYMAEKERS. Fruit, large, roundish, somewhat depressed, the 

 apex terminating in a small nipple, which is surmounted by the stig- 

 matic point. Suture, deep at the top but gradually diminishing 

 towards the base of the fruit. Skin, downy, yellow, deep crimson on 

 the side next the sun, but quite yellow on the shaded side. Flesh, 

 white, melting, and vinous, separating freely from the stone, round 

 which it is deeply stained with red. Flowers, large. Leaves, without 

 glands. 



A very excellent peach, ripening in the middle of September. It 

 was raised in Belgium, where it is grown to a considerable extent. 



Red Alberge. See Yellow Alberge. 



