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rose. Fruit middle sized, somewhat globular, and a little 

 depressed at the apex, swelled a little more on one side of 

 the suture than on the other, and very hollow at the base. 

 Skill yellowish white next the wall, and sprinkled with red 

 dots ; but of a dull red, and marked with a deeper colour on 

 the sunny side. Flesh yellowish white, except at the stone, 

 where it is tinged with red, and from which it separates. 

 Juice sugary, very rich, and high flavoured. 



Ripe the end of August or the beginning of September. 



The name of this peach originated with the late Mr. Lee 

 of Hammersmith, whose nursery at the early part of its 

 estabUshment by his father, was called the Vineyard. It has 

 somewhat the appearance of the Grosse Mignonne, but it is 

 not so large nor of so dark a colour, and Mr. Lee assured 

 me it always ripened on his wall a week or ten days earlier; 

 had the two peaches been alike, it could not have escaped 

 the notice of that very distinguished cultivator. For this 

 reason, and from my own observation, I have determined not 

 to abandon the name to a mere synonym. On the other 

 hand, I am quite satisfied that plants may be purchased from 

 nurseries, under this name, that may prove to be the Grosse 

 Mignonne. 



26.* George the Fourth. Hort. Trans, Vol. vi. p. 

 413. Pom. Mag. t. 105. 



Leaves large, acutely crenate, with globose glands. Flow- 

 ers small, dull red. Fruit middle-sized, globular, deeply 

 lobed at the summit, with a deep cavity for the footstalks, 

 projecting more on one side of the suture than on the other. 

 SMn moderately downy, of a uniform dark red next the sun, 

 and of a fine pale yellow on the shaded part, mottled with 

 bright red at the junction of the two colours. Flesh pale 

 yellow, rayed with red at the stone, from which it parts freely. 

 Stone very small, bluntly oval, not particularly rugged. Fla- 

 vour good when upon an open wall, excellent when forced. 

 It is said in the Pom, J\Iag. to be between a Clingstone and 

 a Melter. 



Ripe about the middle of September. 



An American variety of considerable importance, not so 

 much for its good quality as a hardy kind, as for being a 

 forcing peach of great merit. 



Mr. Michael Floy, of New- York, in his letter of Novem- 

 ber 5, 1823, says, " This is one of the finest peaches I have 

 seen, and the richest I have tasted : it originated in the gar- 

 den of Mr. Gill, in Broad-street, in this city. This is the 



