162 PEACHES. 



ever, distinguished by its fruit being, for the most part, ob- 

 long, narrower, and plump at the apex, with a pointed nipple : 

 in the Vanguard the fruit is equally large, or even more so, 

 always globular, rather than oblong, and its crown ^or apex 

 flat and often depressed. Nurserymen need not to be at any 

 loss to distinguish the two sorts when maiden plants in the 

 nursery ; the lateral shoots of the Noblesse being nearly as 

 long as the main leader ; those of the Vanguard being less 

 numerous, arid exceeded considerably by the main shoot ; 

 besides, the plants of the Vanguard are of a taller growth 

 than those of the Noblesse. Indeed, so obvious and inva- 

 riable have I found these characters, that should the two 

 kinds become inadvertently intermixed in the nursery rows, 

 the most inexperienced foreman would be enabled to sepa- 

 rate them, without any fear of mistake. 



In the Hort. Trans, above quoted, I stated that Mellish's 

 Favourite and the Noblesse were the sa.me. I have this 

 year again been favoured by Mrs. Gurdon, of Letton, with 

 specimens of both, and I find them identically one and the 

 same. 



13. OLD ROYAL CHARLOTTE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. 

 Vol. v. p. 540. 



Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large, 

 pale blush. Fruit middle sized, nearly globular, but a lit- 

 tle narrowed at the apex, where it is generally terminated 

 by a small nipple. Skin pale greenish yellow next the wall ; 

 but tinged with blush, and marbled with a deeper colour on 

 the sunny side. Flesh soft, melting, and white to the stone, 

 from which it separates. Juice sugary and vinous. Stone 

 obtuse, a little rugged. 



Ripe the middle and end of August. 



This is undoubtedly the first Royal Charlotte ever known 

 in our gardens. It was first sold by Robert Lowe, a nur- 

 seryman at Hampton Wick, about the year 1760. It has 

 much the appearance of a Noblesse, but is smaller, and on 

 the same aspect ripens ten days or a fortnight before it. The 

 specimen from which this description was written, was from 

 a tree growing at Heyden Hall, in Norfolk, in 1792. It had 

 been purchased from Mr. Lowe, and planted therein 1766. 



14. RED NUTMEG. Miller, No. 2. G. Lindl. in Hort, 

 Trans. Vol. v. p. 547. 



Nutmeg. Parkinson, No. 21. 

 Brown Nutmeg. Of some Collections. 

 Avant Peche rouge. Buhamel, No. 2. t. 3. 



