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blooms ; it is Grosse Mignonne, in all probability. 

 Thus you will be able generally to name a variety 

 with certainty, and, at any rate, be in a position 

 to detect mistakes. This information is the more 

 necessary, as many unprincipled persons have 

 been in the habit of substituting a variety easily 

 propagated for one more difficult to cultivate, 

 This accounts for the fact, that hundreds of per- 

 sons who think they know the Grosse Mignonne 

 Peach have, in all probability, never seen it. 



The following Peaches and Nectarines are 

 arranged according to our ideas of excellence, 

 beginning with Grosse Mignonne, the finest of 

 all orchard-house Peaches. If a list of kinds 

 suitable to open-air cultivation in the midland 

 counties were given, this fine variety would, in all 

 probability, be omitted, and French Galande oc- 

 cupy the first place. 



PEACHES. 



In the second and third columns the letter G signifies globose ; 

 K, reniform ; S, serrated. M, mid-season ; E, early ; L, late . 



1 Grosse Mignonne, or^ Fruit large, yellow and red, 



Grimwood's Royal V G M so tender as to mark with 

 George ) a touch ; blooms large, 



dark pink, quite orna- 

 mental. There is an early 

 variety of this almost 

 equal to it in quality 



