182 PEACHES. 



the merit of being a remarkably healthy tree, not subject to 

 mildew. Both by the French and ourselves it is placed among 

 the foremost class of melting peaches. It comes in at the be- 

 ginning of September, after the Red Magdalen. 



" Leaves crenated, with globose glands ; flowers small, 

 bright reddish pink ; fruit large, globular, of a very regular 

 figure, with a shallow suture, and a slightly hollowed eye, with 

 a little projecting point in its centre ; colour on the exposed 

 side rich deep red, with dark purple or violet streaks — on the 

 shaded side pale green, faintly tinged with yellow ; flesh pale 

 yellow, slightly rayed \vith red at the stone, very melting, juicy, 

 and rich ; stone parts freely, rather large, slightly pointed." 



Duhamel states that this variety greatly resembles the Ad- 

 mirable, and that it only difiers in respect to its skin, being 

 almost wholly tinged with purplish red, which approaches to 

 black on the sunny side ; and in its flesh being more firm, as 

 if breaking, and it also ripens at least fifteen days sooner, that 

 is to say, at the end of August, and this is about the period at 

 which it attains to maturity in our country. 



This variety is very extensively cultivated at Montreuil, near 

 Paris, where the tree is considered one of the most productive 

 and hardy, supporting the cold much better than many other 

 kinds. 



YELLOW ALBERGE. Pr. cat. 



Pkchejaune, > ^^j^ 



Alberge jaune, ^ 



Rossanne. O. Duh. and some other French writers and 



catalogues. 

 Rosamont. Die. d'Agric. syn. 



Petite Rossanne. Bon Jard. (supposed erroneously, Auth.) 

 St. Laurent jaune, of some French catalogues. 

 Rosanna. 



The flowers of this tree are of a delicate rose colour, and 

 are small, being but ten lines in diameter; the leaves are fur- 

 nished at their base with rounded glands ; the fruit is twenty- 

 four lines in height, and twenty-six or twenty-seven in diame- 



