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and, indeed, the only one by which this peach and the Pur- 

 ple Alberge can be distinguished. Had Duhamel been 

 aware of the importance of this character, his Traite des 

 Arbres Fruitiers, as far as regards Peaches and Necta- 

 rines, would have been invaluable, and the discrepancies 

 between him and modern authors avoided. In the Bon 

 Jardinier, the Roiissanne and Alberge Jaime are made the 

 same ; but that they are distinct, the glands are evidence ; 

 and that the Purple Alberge^ and the Rossanna, described 

 by me, are those intended by Duhamel, is clear, not only 

 from his description of both, but by his Ordre de Maturite. 



46. Royal George. Miller, Ed. 2. No. 14. G. Lindl. 

 in Hori. Trans. Vol. v. p. 542. Pom. Mag. t. 119. 



Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers small. 

 Fruit above the middle size, nearly globular. Suture deep, 

 especially at the apex, where it extends almost two-thirds 

 across. Skin of a yellowish white next the wall, sprinkled 

 with numerous red dots ; but of a deep red, and slightly 

 marbled with a deeper colour on the side next the sun. Flesh 

 melting, yellowish white, but very red at the stone, from 

 which it separates. Juice plentiful, rich, and high-flavour- 

 ed. Stone ovate, slightly furrowed. 



Ripe about the middle of September. 



There is very little doubt but that this is the Royal 

 George of both Hitt and Miller, although evidently not 

 the Royal George of Svvitzer, and may therefore be con- 

 sidered as the original Royal George. It is a most excel- 

 lent peach, and a very beautiful figure of it is given in the 

 Poinological Magazine. There are, it is true, several 

 peaches sold in the nurseries under this name : but this is 

 the sort most generally allowed the right one. 



47.* Royal George Mignonne. G. Lindl. in Hort. 

 Trans. Vol. v p. 542. 



Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Fhivers small, 

 dark dull red. Fruit middle-sized, a little ovate, mostly 

 narrowed at the apex, and terminated by a small nipple. 

 Skin pale yellowish white, sprinkled with numerous red 

 dots next the wall ; but of a very bright red, and marbled 

 with a deeper colour on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish 

 white, but of a pale red at the stone, from which it separates. 

 Juice sugary and rich. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



48.* Royal Kensington. Forsyth., Ed. 3. No. 7. 

 G. Lindl. in Hart, Trans. Vol. v. p. 544. 



