158 PEACHES. 



3. Belle de Vitry. Duhamel, No. 34. t. 25. Cr, 

 Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 542. 



Admirable Tardive. Ih. 



Bellis. Miller, No. 22. Forsyth. Ed. 3. No. 26. 



Leaves doubly serrated, glandless. Flowers small, dull 

 red. Fruit middle sized, a little more broad than long, 

 with a somewhat deep and broad suture, which extends to 

 the apex, which leaves one of its sides prominent, and the 

 other flat, terminated by a depressed and somewhat flat 

 nipple. Skin pale greenish yellow next the wall, but tinged 

 with red on the sunny side, and marbled with a dull and 

 deeper colour. Flesh rather firm, greenish yellow, but red 

 at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, and 

 of a very good flavour. 



Ripe the end of September, but it ought to hang some 

 days upon the tree before it is gathered, in order to have it 

 in perfection. 



The flesh of this is more firm than that of many of the 

 melting peaches, which has occasioned some, like Mr. For- 

 syth, to consider it as a Pavie; but in determining this, 

 there can be no difliculty, as all melting peaches adhere 

 more or less to the stone, but can be readily detached with the 

 finger and thumb : in the Pavie this operation is impracticable. 



4** Bourdine. Duharnel, 16. t. 12. 



Bourdin. lb. 



Narbonne. lb. 



Bourdine. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 545. 

 Bon. Jard. 1827. Jard. Fruit, t. 20. 



Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers smalf, 

 blush, edged with carmine. Fruit pretty large, and nearly 

 round, divided by a wide and somewhat deep suture, the 

 flesh swelling unequally on its sides, but a little flattened on 

 the back. Stalk inserted in a deep and wide cavity. SktJi 

 greenish white next the wall, but on the sunny side it is of a 

 lively red, marbled, and shaded with a deeper colour. Flesh 

 white, melting, but very red at the stone, from which it se- 

 parates. Juice sugary and highly flavoured. Stone smafl, 

 and nearly round. 



Ripe the middle of September. 



It is said this peach derived its name from one Bourdin, a 

 French gardener in the time of Louis XIV. That there is 

 some resemblance between this, the Teton de Venus, and 

 the Royale, will not be denied ; but that they are identically 

 the same is what I cannot admit. In order that I may not, 



