474 THE PEACH. 



11. DOUBLE MONTAGNE. Lind. Thomp. 



Double Mountain. 



Montagne. 



Montauban. 



A high flavoured and beautiful peach, much resembling the 

 Noblesse. It is of French origin, and is a favourite variety 

 with the English gardeners. We think it one of the finest 

 peaches in this climate. 



Leaves serrated, without glands. Fruit of medium size, 

 roundish, but somewhat narrower at the top. Skin pale green- 

 ish-white, with a soft-red cheek, which is marbled with darker 

 red at maturity. Flesh white to the stone, very delicate and 

 melting, with a plentiful and high flavoured juice. Stone ovate 

 and rugged. Middle of August. Flowers large. 



12. DRUID HILL. 



This new freestone peach, of splendid size, high flavour, and 

 very late maturity, we think will prove one of the greatest ac- 

 quisitions to our gardens. It was originated about six years 

 ago, by Lloyd N. Rogers, Esq., of Druid Hill, near Baltimore, 

 and we named the variety after his country seat, where may be 

 found one of the largest collections, not only of peaches, but all 

 otht r fine fruits, in Maryland. We know no other late free- 

 stone variety which equals it in flavour and size. The tree is 

 unusually vigorous, the shoots and leaves very large, and it 

 bears abundantly. The very late season of its maturity renders 

 it valuable, as most of the luscious sorts are then gone. 



Leaves with reniform glands. Fruit, very large, roundish, 

 the cavity at the stalk rather narrow, the suture very slight, 

 and the swollen point distinct, but scarcely prominent. Skin 

 pale greenish-white, clouded with red on the sunny side. Flesh 

 greenish-white, purple at the stone, very juicy, and melting, with 

 an exceedingly rich, high vinous flavour. Stone long and 

 rather compressed, much furrowed. Ripens from the 20th of 

 September to the 1st of October. Flowers small. 



13. EARLY ANNE. Lind. Thomp. 



Anne. Lang. Forsyth. 

 Green Nutmeg. 



The Early Anne is an old and familiar English sort. It is 

 the first peach of any value that ripens, the Red and White 

 Nutmegs being too small, and of indifferent flavour; and the 

 Early Anne, itself, is so inferior to the Early Tillotson (which 



