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in this instance, add to the confusion whic 1 ! nt present exists 

 in the names of modern cultivators, I shall follow the exam- 

 ple of Duhamel, and oar own countryman Miller, in consi- 

 dering the Hour dine, the Teton de Venus, and the Roy ale, 

 as three distinct varieties. 



5.* DOUBLE MONTAGNE. JlUon's Epitome. G. Lindl. 

 in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 539. 



Sion. Forsyth, Ed. 7. p. 52. 



Leaves doubly serrated, glandless. Flowers large. Fruit 

 middle sized, of a roundish figure, a little narrowed and flat- 

 ted at the apex. Skin greenish white on the shaded side ; 

 but of a blush or soft red, and marbled with a deeper colour 

 on the side next the sun. Flesh very delicate, melting, and 

 white to the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, 

 and highly flavoured. Stone ovate, mucronate, and rugged. 



Ripe the middle and latter end of August. 



This is a beautiful and excellent peach, and must not be 

 confounded with the Noblesse : it ripens a week or ten days 

 sooner, and cannot be propagated upon the Muscle. "f 



6. EARLY ANNE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. 

 p. 539. 



Anne. Langley Pom. t. 22. f. 2. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 5. 



Leaves doubly serrated, glandless. Flowers large, very 

 pale, nearly white. Fruit below the middle size, globular. 

 Skin white, with scarcely any colouring on the side next the 

 sun. Flesh soft, melting, and white to th3 stone, from which 

 it separates. Juice a little musky, but saccharine, and well 

 flavoured. 



Ripe the middle of August. 



It is said to have derived its name from the celebrated 

 Anne Dunch, of Pewsey, in Berkshire. It is sold in some 

 nurseries under the name of White, Jlvant. 



7. EARLY DOWNTON. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 217. 

 Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, 



pale rose. Fruit rather small, narrowed at the apex, which 

 is generally terminated by a small acute nipple ; very hol- 

 low at the base. Skin pale yellowish white, sprinkled with 

 red dots ; but of a bright red on the sunny side. Flesh yel- 

 lowish white to the stone, from which it separates. Juice 

 rich, with a good flavour. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



This beautiful little peach was raised by Mr. Knight, of 



f Muscle, Plum Stock. Am. Ed. 



