PEACHES. 177 



Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large 

 pale rose. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat flattened at the 

 apex, and swelled a little more on one side of the suture 

 than on the other. Skin pale greenish yellow next the wall, 

 sprinkled with numerous red dots, buf of a fine dark red, 

 and marbled with a deeper colour on the sunny side. Flesh 

 pale greenish yellow, with a few red streaks near the stone, 

 from which it separates. Juice rich, and of a very highly 

 vinous flavour. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



The name of this very beautiful and excellent Peach 

 originated with Mr. Forsyth. He says it was sent from 

 France to her Majesty Queen Charlotte, about the year 

 1783,1 and planted in the Royal Gardens at Kensing- 

 ton, where he found it in 1 784, and mentioned in the cata- 

 logue of the gardens as a new Peach from France. 



49.* SMOOTH-LEAVED ROYAL GEORGE. G. Lindl. in 

 Hort. Trans. Vol. v. 'p. 544. Forsyth. 



Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, 

 fine deep rose. Fruit above the middle size, nearly glo- 

 bular, but a little depressed at the apex, and the suture al- 

 most obscure. Skin yellowish white next the wall, sprinkled 

 with numerous minute red dots, but of a beautiful red or 

 carmine colour on the sunny side. Flesh melting, yellow- 

 ish white, except near the stone, where it is deeply stained 

 with red, which at the apex reaches nearly through to the 

 skin. Juice plentiful, sugary, and of a high vinous flavour. 

 Stone small, deeply rugged. 



Ripe about the middle of September. This is not only 

 one of the handsomest, but one of the best peaches in our 

 collections, not excepting the Bellegarde, and cannot be too 

 extensively known. The name appears to have originated 

 with the late Mr. Lee of Hammersmith. 



50.* SPRING GROVE. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 214. 

 Pom. Mag. t. 97. 



Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, 

 pale blush. Fruit middle-sized, globular; broadest at the 

 base, with a very shallow suture. Skin greenish yellow next 

 the wall, but of a bright crimson on the sunny side. Flesh 

 greenish yellow to the stone, from which it separates. Juice 

 plentiful, rich, and high-flavoured. Stone rather large, obo- 

 vate, pointed. 



Ripe about the end of August, 



