158 PEACHES. 



3. BELLE DE VITRY. Duhamel, No. 34. t. 25. G* 

 Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 542. 



Admirable Tardive. Ib. 



Bellis. Miller, No. 22. Forsyth. Ed. 3. No. 26. 



Leaves doubly serrated, glandless. Flowers small, dull 

 red. Fruit middle sized r a little more broad than long, 

 with a somewhat deep and broad suture, which extends to 

 the apex, which leaves one of its sides prominent, and the 

 other flat, terminated by a depressed and somewhat flat 

 nipple. Skin pale greenish yellow next the wall, but tinged 

 with red on the sunny side, and marbled with a dull and 

 deeper colour. Flesh rather firm, greenish yellow, but red 

 at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, and 

 of a very good flavour. 



Ripe the end of September, but it ought to hang some 

 days upon the tree before it is gathered; in order to have it 

 in perfection. 



The flesh of this is more firm than that of many of the 

 melting peaches, which has occasioned some, like Mr. For- 

 syth, to consider it as a Pavie; but in determining this, 

 there can be no difficulty, as all melting peaches adhere 

 more or less to the stone, but can be readily detached with the 

 finger and thumb: in the Pavie this operation is impracticable. 



4** BOURDINE. Duliamel, 16. t. 12. 



Bourdin. Ib. 



Narbonne. Ib. 



Bourdine. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 545. 

 Bon. Jard. 1827. lard. Fruit, t. 20. 



Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers small, 

 blush, edged with carmine. Fruit pretty large, and nearly 

 round, divided by a wide and somewhat deep suture, the 

 flesh swelling unequally on its sides, but a little flattened on 

 the back. Stalk inserted in a deep and wide cavity. Skin 

 greenish white next the wall, but on the sunny side it is of a 

 lively red, marbled, and shaded with a deeper colour, flesh 

 white, melting, but very red at the stone, from which it se- 

 parates. Juice sugary and highly flavoured. Stone small, 

 and nearly round. 



Ripe the middle of September. 



It is said this peach derived its name from one Bourdin, a 

 French gardener in the time of Louis XIV. That there is 

 some resemblance between this, the Teion de V cnus, and 

 the Royale, will not be denied ; but that they are identically 

 the same is what I cannot admit. In order that I may not, 



