PEACHES. 163 



Leav.es small, crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers 

 large. Fruit small, but larger than those of the White Nut- 

 meg, of a somewhat globular figure, having a well marked 

 suture extending from the base to the apex, terminated by a 

 small, round, obtuse nipple. Skin pale yellow next the 

 wall ; but of a bright scarlet or vermillion, and slightly rnar- 

 bled with a deeper colour on the sunny side. Flesh yel- 

 lowish white, but red at the stone, from which it separates. 



Juice sweet and a little musky. 



Ripe the end of July. 



This is the earliest hardy Peach cultivated in this coun- 

 try, and is very good when just ripe, but in a short time it 

 becomes doughy, j" 



15. SULHAMSTEAD. Hort. Trans. 'Vol. v. p. 513. 

 Leaves deeply serrated, without glands. Flowers large. 



Fruit large, somewhat globular, depressed at the apex, 

 slightly cleft, with a corresponding depression on the oppo- 

 site side. Skin covered with a h'ne short down, of a clear 

 pale yellow next the wall ; but of a pale red, and marbled 

 with a darker colour on the sunny side. Flesh melting, 

 pale yellow quite to the stone, from which it separates. 

 Juice abundant, sweet, with a rich vinous flavour. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



This h'ne Peach, somewhat resembling, externally, a 

 Newington, was raised in the garden of Mrs. Thoytes, of 

 Sulhamstead House, near Reading, in Berkshire, and was 

 first exhibited at the Horticultural Society in 1819. 



16. VANGUARD. G. Lindl Plan of an Orchard, 1-796. 

 ib. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 540. 



Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large. 

 Fruit large, nearly globular, and quite flat or depressed at 

 the apex. Skin yellowish white next the wall, but marbled 

 and streaked with a few dashes of much deeper colour on 

 the sunny side. Flesh melting, and wl ite to the stone, 

 from which it separates. Juice rich and sugary. Stone 

 somewhat ovate, rugged, and sharp pointed. 



Ripe the beginning of September. 



17. WHITE MAGDALEN. Miller, No. 5. G. LindL 

 in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 540. 



Madeline Blanche. Duhamel, 8. t. 6. 

 Montagne Blanche. Knoop. Fruct. p. 79. 



Not worth cultivating. Jim. Ed. 



