bright red next the sun, and mottled with small dots 

 towards the shaded side, not marbled with blotches 

 like the Noblesse, and its flesh is red at the stone. 

 The P^che de Malte, as the French likewise admit, 

 has an affinity to the Madeleine Blanche or Mon- 

 tagne Blanche, and to these the Noblesse is nearly- 

 allied, by its colour outwardly, the nature and 

 colour of its flesh, and in being also white to the 

 stone ; but it is nevertheless different, being larger. 



The Double Montague has been proved syno- 

 nymous to the Noblesse. Knoop describes the 

 Madeleine Blanche, and admits it to be the same 

 as that called in the Low Countries the Montague 

 Blanche. He also describes the Double Montague, 

 but speaks of it with more uncertainty. He states 

 it to be a clingstone ; but this he does of many 

 others well known to be melters. 



In Mayer's Pomona Franconica, vol. ii. p. 234, 

 the Avant-Peche Blanche of Duhamel, and the 

 White Nutmeg of Miller, is stated to be called in 

 Holland " La Montague ;" but this is contrary to 

 the statement of Knoop before referred to ; and 

 after he describes the Madeleine Blanche as " une 

 grande et belle Peche," he would not mistake the 

 White Nutmeg for it, when he says, *' Je pense 

 que cette sorte est la meme qu'on appelle dans ce 

 pays-ci la Montague Blanche, a cause que la de- 

 scription de cette derni^re sorte est enti^rement con- 

 forme a celle-ci." 



It appears, therefore, from the above authorities, 

 that the Montague and Madeleine Blanche are the 

 same. The " Montague Double" is, without doubt, 



