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wards the sun, and pale on the other side. It 

 ripens in September. — The Queen Charlotte, 

 which nearly resembles the Small Mignonne ; and 

 ripens about the same time. — The Late Violet, 

 Which is esteemed a very fine peach, and ripens 

 in September. — Loekyer's Peach is a fine hand- 

 some fruit, and ripens in September. 



In addition to the above, Mr. Forsyth men- 

 tions others, as proper for cultivation, as : Allen's 

 Royal ; Bourdeaux ; Buckingham Mignonne ; 

 Carlisle ; Double Swalch ; Double Montagne ; 

 Dwarf Orleans; Eton; Fairscot's ; Ford's Seed- 

 ling ; Hemskirk ; Incomparable ; Lord Falcon- 

 berg's Mignonne; Low's Large Melting; Mal- 

 lacotan ; Millet's Mignonne; Pavie Admirable; 

 Pavie Royale ; Peche de Pau; Ronald's Early Gal- 

 lande ; Sion j Smooth -leaved Royal George; Stew- 

 ard's Late Gallande; Vanguard; Violette Ha- 

 tive; White Blossomed; and the Double Blos- 

 som, which is highly useful as an ornamental 

 plant. 



Notwithstanding this extensive list, a few sorts 

 are only recommended as worth planting, in 

 Miller's Dictionary. These are the Early Purple ; 

 the Grosse Mignonne ; Belle Chevreuse ; Red Mag- 

 dalen; Chancellor; Bellegarde ; Bourdine; Ro- 

 sanna; Rambouillct, and Nivette. But with 

 these, other authors recommend the Small Mig- 

 nonne; Early Newington; Noblesse; Admirable; 

 Royal ; Monstrous Pavie ; Swalch, &c. 



Where there is room, and the situation is warm, 

 one or two trees of the Catharine Peach should 

 have places ; as in very warm seasons it is an ex- 

 cellent fruit. 



As these sorts follow each other in the times 

 of their ripening, they will be sufficient to fur- 

 nish proper supplies of this fruit during the sea- 

 son: but as in some seasons there are particular 

 sorts of peaches very good, which in other seasons 

 often prove but indifferent ; when there is a 

 sufficient extent of walls, it may be adviseable 

 to plant three or four other sorts; as the Mon- 

 tauban ; the Lisle; the Old Newington; La 

 Teton de Venus, &e. 



Mr. Forsyth thinks the following sorts best 

 suited to small gardens : the Early Avant ; Small 

 Mignonne; the Anne Peach; Royal George; 

 Royal Kensington; Noblesse; Early Newing- 

 ton; Gallande; Early Purple; Chancellor; Ni- 

 vette ; the Catharine ; and the Late Newington. 



Against walls that have a north or east aspect, 

 he recommends the Early Avant ; Early Ann ; 

 Early Mignonne; Royal George; Red Magda- 

 len; Royal Kensington; Noblesse; Grosse Mi- 

 gnone; and Millet's Mignonne. 



For the purpose of being forced in the peach- 

 house, the following sorts are considered as the 

 most proper by the author of the Scotch Forcing 



Gardener: the Red Magdalen; White ditto ; Royal 

 George; Grimwood's ditto; Noblesse; French 

 Mignonne ; Montauban ; Teton de Venus ; Early 

 Purple; Late ditto ; Orange ; Hative;8cc. Mr. 

 Forsyth likewise advises the use of the Catharine 

 Peach in this way, as possessing many advan- 

 tages. 



In France they distinguish those called Peaches 

 into Pauses and Peaches; those being called 

 Peaches which quit the stone ; while those whose 

 flesh closely adheres to it are termed Pavies. The 

 last are much more esteemed there than the 

 Peaches, though in this country the Peaches are 

 preferred by many persons. 



The sign of a good Peach is that of its having 

 a firm flesh, the skin fine and thin ; of a deep 

 or bright red colour next the sun, and yellowish 

 next the wall. The flesh of a yellowish colour, 

 and full of high -flavoured juice; the stone small, 

 and the pulp or flesh very thick. 



The third, or Nectarine, though formerly con- 

 sidered as a distinct species from the great differ- 

 ence in the fruit from that of the Peach, is at 

 present, on account of the different sorts of fruit 

 havingbeen produced on the peach-tree, esteemed 

 as a variety of it. It is not capable of being di- 

 stinguished from the peach either in its mode of 

 growth, wood, leaves, or flowers, with any great 

 degree of certainty ; but the fruit is perfectly di- 

 stinct in all the different stages of its increase and 

 maturation ; the skin or rind in it being smooth 

 and firm, while in the peach it is covered with 

 a soft downy substance. The flesh or pulp of 

 the former is likewise much firmer than hi the 

 latter. 



It may, however, be treated of separately for 

 the sake of distinction in its culture. 



The ^4. Nucipersicd, or Nectarine Tree, is com- 

 monly a smaller tree than the Peach: the trunk 

 and larger branches are covered with a lighter 

 bark : the smaller branches or twigs are more 

 tender, and inclining to red : the flowers are less 

 than those of the Peach, and of a darker red co- 

 lour. These differences are, however, frequently 

 trifling, and by no means constant. The prin- 

 cipal distinction certainly is in the fruit, which is 

 smaller and rounder, without any lateral cleft. 

 It has its name Nudpersica from the similitude 

 of the fruit in smoothness, colour, size, and form, 

 to the Walnut covered with its outer green shell : 

 and the English name of Nectarine is deservedly 

 given it, from the rich, racy, nectareous flavour 

 of the fruit; which in its highest perfection is 

 superior to any other European fruit, and perhaps 

 to many boasted fruits of hotter climates. 



There are several varieties that deserve atten- 

 tion for the purpose of cultivation: Fairchild's 

 Early Nectarine,, which is one of the earliest, is 

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