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CHAPTER X. 

 PEACHES. 



An asterisk (*) denotes those which Nurserymen term 

 French Peaches, and which require to be budded upon 

 the Pear Plum Stock, f 



Sect. I. — Melting, pale fruited. 



1. Almond Peach. Hort. Trans, Vol. iii. p. 1. t. 1. 



Leaves doubly serrated, glandless. J Flowers large, pale 

 rose colour. Fruit below the middle size, about seven 

 inches in circumference, globular, with a slight suture 

 extending from the base to the apex, which is flat and some- 

 what depressed. Skin covered with a thickish down, of a 

 delicate yellow, tinged with pale red on the sunny side, and 

 beautifully marbled with a deeper colour. Flesh pale ci- 

 tron, but of a bright red next the stone, from which it sepa- 

 rates ; it is perfectly melting, and very juicy. 



Ripe the begiiining and middle of September. § 



This beautiful little peach was raised by T. A. Knight, 

 Esq., of Downton Castle, from a seed of the Sweet Almond, 

 the blossom of which had been impregnated by the blossom 

 of a peach. 



It was first exhibited at the Horticultural Society in Sep- 

 tember, 1817. 



2.* Belle Chevreuse. Duhamel, No. 18. G, Lindl. 

 in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 549. 



Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers middle 

 sized. Fruit middle sized, more long than round, rather 

 narrowed at the apex. Shin greenish white next the wall, 

 but of a beautiful flesh colour, marbled and streaked with a 

 darker colour on the sunny side. Flesh white and melting, 

 but red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, 

 sugary, and richly flavoured. Stone oblong, almost smooth. 



Ripe the beginning of September. 



t Any of the peaches may be budded here with equal success either on Muscle 

 Peach, or Almond stocks; and the kinds marked with an asterisk (*) calle»d 

 French Peach, if they require more attention in Engl md than the other sorts, ar« 

 in general the best kinds for this country under our fine autumnal sunshine. 



^m. Ed. 



i Bee classification at the end of the Nectarines. 



§ The time of rijjcning in this country may be estimated about a fortnight, and ui 

 ■ome instances, three weeks earlier than here stated, for all the Peaches and Nec- 

 tarines. jSm. Ed. 



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