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THE MALTA PEACH. 



Malta Peach. Miller's Diet. no. 12. Forsyth's Treatise, 

 ed. 5, p. 35. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans, vol. v. p. 539. 

 Hort. Sac. Fruit Cat. no. 90. 



Peclie de Malte. Duham. Traite, vol. ii. p. 15. Noisette 

 Jard.fr. 



Malte de Normandie. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 91. 



Maltheser Pfirsiche. Baumann Taschenb. p. 485. 



This variety is said to have the merit, in addi- 

 tion to its excellence as a wall fruit, of ripening 

 well on a standard tree, in Normandy, — a climate 

 so little different from our own, that it is to be pre- 

 sumed the kind will be found to possess the same 

 property in England. The sort cultivated in Nor- 

 mandy was a short time since supposed to be a 

 variety distinct from the P^che de Malte of Du- 

 ham el ; but from plants grown in the Garden of 

 the Horticultural Society last summer, the two are 

 now judged to be the same. 



Upon the authority of Miller, the Italian is said 

 to be a kind nearly the same as this. In France it 

 is sometimes called the Belle de Paris. 



One of the very best of the melting Peaches, 

 ripening about the end of August. It bears carri- 

 age remarkably well, and will keep longer when 



