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LATE RED MAGDALEN. Axjth. 



Madeleine rouge tardive a petite fleur. Duh. 

 Madeleine rouge tardive, ou a petitesjleurs, ) j, j__j 

 Madeleine a moyenne fleur s, 5 



Duhamel designates this fruit as a variety of the Red Mag- 

 dalen, of which many seminal varieties exist, partially varying 

 in the several points of distinction, and all producing good 

 fruit. The present one is distinguished by its small flowers ; 

 the fruit is of medium size, and highly coloured, the cavity in 

 which the peduncle is inserted is generally surrounded by se- 

 veral pretty distinct furrows ; the flesh is of very good flavour, 

 and it ripens at the end of October. It would seem that the 

 Pomological Magazine intends to quote this as a synonyme of 

 the Royal George, but omits the word " tardive;" and without 

 having any reason to doubt the fact of synonomy, I have in- 

 serted the remarks of Duhamel, leaving the subject to be fully 

 investigated hereafter. 



WHITE MAGDALEN. Pr. cat. 

 Madeleine blanche. Duh. Roz. 



The flowers of this tree are of a delicate red colour, fourteen 

 to fifteen lines in breadth, and the leaves are devoid of glands ; 

 the fruit is twenty-three to twenty-four lines in height, twenty- 

 five to twenty-seven in its greatest diameter, and covered with 

 a velvety skin, which is whitish over nearly the whole of its 

 surface, and only speckled with red dots on the side exposed 

 to the sun ; the longitudinal groove that divides the fruit, is 

 partially apparent on one of its sides, and becomes more dis- 

 tinct at the summit, and that section also presents a very small 

 point, being the remains of the style, which does not form ^ 

 very perfect mamelon ; the flesh is white, melting, succulent, 

 dehcate, abounding in sweet juice, of a rich and musky taste ; 

 the stone is small according to the original Duhamel, but it is 

 stated in the New Duhamel that it has, on the contrary, 



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