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large in the fruit, and of a paler colour, although it also is of dark red 

 colour next the sun. Flowers, small. Leaves, with round glands. 



This variety may readily be distinguished by nurserymen, as it 

 grows freely on the Mussel, while the Bellegarde requires the Pear- 

 Plum or Brompton stock. 



A large and very excellent peach, ripening in the middle of Sep- 

 tember. 



WALBURTON ADMIRABLE. Fruit, large and round. Skin, 

 pale yellowish green on the shaded side, and crimson, mottled with a 

 darker colour, next the sun. Flesh, yellowish white, melting, juicy, 

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

 glands. 



This is one of the best late peaches, and ripens in the end of Sep- 

 tember and beginning of October. The tree is very hardy and a good 

 bearer. At Teddington Mr. Blackmore finds it " a very bad bearer, 

 but a grand peach in warm seasons." 



This was raised by Mr. Morton, gardener to R. Prime, Esq., at Walburton 

 House, near Chichcster, in Sussex. 



WASHINGTON RATH-RIPE. Fruit, above medium size, ronnd, 

 and marked with a delicate suture. Skin, greenish yellow, or rather 

 yellowish green, for the green predominates, and very considerably 

 mottled all over with deep red. Flesh, firm, yellow, with sometimes a 

 greenish tinge, and with a slight trace of red next the stone, from 

 which it separates freely ; very tender and juicy, with a rich vinous 

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



This is an excellent peach, deserving of general cultivation. It 

 ripens about the middle of August. From the firmness of the flesh it 

 bears carriage well. 



WATERLOO. Fruit, above medium size, two inches and three- 

 quarters wide and two and a half high ; roundish, depressed at the 

 apex, in the centre of which is a small nipple marked with a rather 

 deep suture. Skin, with a bright red cheek, which is mottled with 

 darker red on the side next the sun, but with a pale greenish tinge 

 whore shaded. Flesh, pale throughout, with a greenish tinge, adhering 

 slightly to the stone, melting, juicy, and richly flavoured. Flowers, 

 large. Leaves, with kidney-shaped glands. 



A very fine American peach, raised at Waterloo, N.Y., and intro- 

 duced to this country by Mr. Rivers ; it is very early, and ripens at 

 the same time as Alexander. 



White Avant. See White Nutmeg. 



WHITE MAGDALENE (Madeleine Blanche ; Madeleine Blanche de 

 Loisel; Montaane Blanche}. Fruit, medium sized, roundish, flattened 

 at the base, and divided by a deep suture, which extends from the base 

 to the apex, and terminates in a very slight nipple, which is sometimes 



