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PEACHES. 



at the base than at the apex. Suture rather deep. Skin 

 pale yellow next the wall, sprinkled with numerous red dots ; 

 but of a dull red, marked with several broad spots or patches 

 of a deeper colour on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish 

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

 plentiful and rich. Stone rather flat. 



Ripe the middle of September. 



This very fine and handsome Peach has been many years 

 in England, as appears by Hanbury, whose last edition was 

 published in 1769. It was cultivated by Messrs. Perfect, 

 of Pontefract, fifty years ago, and at that time was plentiful 

 in the West Riding of Yorkshire, but does not appear to have 

 found its way into the London nurseries. There are seve- 

 ral Peaches of this class called Mignonnes, which approach 

 very nearly eacruother, and may be considered as the same ; 

 but this I consider to be distinct, as I have never observed 

 those broad and well marked dark patches which so strongly 

 characterize this, upon any of the other varieties. 



32. MADELEINE DE COURSON. Lelieur, Pom. Fran. 

 p. 292. Pom. Mag. t. 30. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. 

 Vol. v. p. 539. 



Madeleine Rouge. Dithamel, 10. t. 7. 



Madeleine de Courson. Ib. 



Rouge Paysanne. Of the French. 



Red Magdalen. Miller, 9. 



Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large, 

 pale blush. Fruit below the middle size, glotmlar, flatten- 

 ed, deeply cleft on one side. Skin pale yellowish white next 

 the wall ; but of beautiful red on the sunny side. Flesh 

 quite white, with a little red at the stone, from which it sepa- 

 rates. Juice plentiful, rich, and vinous. Stone blunt, ra- 

 ther large in proportion to the size of the fruit. 



Ripe the end of August or beginning of September. 



This is a very excellent Peach, and ought to be found in 

 evjJI^ood collection of fruit. It is the true Red Magdalen 

 of Miller, and, as such, should never have given way to the 

 one now cultivated under that name ; but, like the Elruge 

 and Red Roman Nectarine of that author, the ignorance of 

 some, and the indolence of others, have allowed far inferior 

 fruits to usurp their names. 



33. MILLET'S MIGNOMNE. Hanbury. G. Lindl. in 

 Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 542. 



Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers small, 

 Fruit middle-sized, of a somewhat globular figure, but rather 



