458 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Red Avant. See Eed Nutmeg. 



RED MAGDALEN (French Magdalen; Madeleine de Courson ; 

 Madeleine Rouge). Fruit, rather below medium size, round, and 

 flattened at the stalk. Skin, pale yellowish white in the shade, fine 

 bright red next the sun. Suture, deep, extending on one side. Flesh, 

 white, veined with red at the stone, firm, rich, sugary, and vinous. 

 Flowers, large. Leaves, without glands. 



Ripens in the end of August and beginning of September. 



RED NUTMEG-. (Avant Peche de Troyes; Avant Rouge ; Brown 

 Nutmeg; Red Avant}. Fruit, small, roundish, terminated by a small 

 round nipple. Skin, pale yellow, bright red, marbled with dark ver- 

 milion next the sun. Suture, distinct. Flesh, pale yellow, reddish 

 under the skin on the side next the sun and at the stone, sweet and 

 musky. Flower?, large. Leaves, with kidney-shaped glands. 



Ripens in July and August. 



Valuable only for earliness. 



REINE DES VERGERS (Monstrueuse de Done). Fruit, very 

 large, upwards of three inches in diameter ; round, and inclining to 

 oval in its shape, marked with a suture that extends nearly over its 

 entire circumference. Skin, pale green, thickly covered all over with 

 red dots, which in some parts are so dense as to form red mottles, and 

 next the sun it is entirely red. Flesh, greenish, very deep red next 

 the stone, from which it freely separates; rather firm and solid, very 

 juicy, and with a rich, sprightly, and vinous flavour. Flowers, small. 

 Leaves, with kidney-shaped glands. 



A valuable market peach from its large size and firm flesh. It 

 ripens in the middle of September. The tree is very hardy, and is an 

 abundant bearer, but Mr. Blackmore says it never ripens at Ted- 

 dington. 



RIVERS'S EARLY YORK. This is in every respect similar to the 

 Early York, from which it was raised by Mr. Rivers, and only differs 

 from it by having round glands on the leaves. The fruit is medium 

 sized, and the skin is marbled with red. Flowers, large. Leaves, with 

 round glands. 



It is one of the best peaches for forcing, as it always sets well and 

 produces a good crop. The tree does not suffer from mildew as the 

 old Early York does, and this is altogether a very superior variety 

 of it. 



Mr. Blackmore considers it a very good and pretty peach, but rather 

 small. 



Ronalds's Brentford Mignonne. See Bell-egarde. 

 Rolands's Galande. See Grosse Mignonne. 



