164 PEACHES. 



Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large, 

 pale rose. Fruit below the middle size, somewhat globu- 

 lar, rather more broad than long, having a deeply marked su- 

 ture, which extends from the base to the apex, where it is 

 terminated by a small, slightly sunk nipple, and having a 

 rather wide cavity at the base. Skin yellowish white next 

 the wall, but on the sunny side tinged with red, and marbled 

 with a deeper red colour. Flesh melting, of a yellowish 

 white, with a slight tinge of red next the stone, from which 

 it separates. Juice plentiful, but not high flavoured. Stone 

 small, obtuse, a little rugged. 



Ripe about the middle of August. 



18. White Nutmeg. Miller, No. 1. G. Lindl. in 

 Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 640. 



Avant Peche blanche. Duhamel, No. 1. t. 1. 

 Leaves small, doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers 

 large, very pale blush. Fruit very small, the least of all the 

 varieties, a little more long than broad, having a very con- 

 spicuous deeply marked suture, extending to the apex, on 

 one side of which it oblongates into a very small acute nip- 

 ple. Skin white, but when fully exposed it has a very pale 

 blush tinge. Flesh white to the stone, from which it sepa- 

 rates. Juice very sweet, of a musky and very agreeable fla- 

 vour. Stone small, oval, mucronate, very slightly rugged. 

 Ripe the middle of July. 



Sect. II. — Melting red or purple fruited, 



19. Acton Scot. Hort. Trans, Vol. ii. p. 140. t. 10. 

 G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 552. 



Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, pale 

 rose. Fruit rather small, or below the middle size, some- 

 what narrowed at the apex, where it is usually very much 

 depressed. Suture shallow, on one side of which it is fuller 

 than on the other. Skin rather woolly, pale yellow, of a 

 bright red on the sunny side, and marbled with a deeper co- 

 lour. Flesh melting, yellowish-white to the stone, from 

 which it separates. Juice sugary, with a slight bitter, but 

 flavour pretty good. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



This was raised by Mr. Knight, of Downton Castle ; the 

 offspring of the Noblesse, impregnated with the Red Nut- 



