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racy flavour most remarkable. It was raised from the Early 

 Silver Peach, and is a grandchild of the White Nectarine : 

 flowers large; glands kidney-shaped. It ripens from July 14 to 

 July 18; in 1864, the first season it fruited, it ripened July 18, 

 and since then from the i4th. This sort, with Early Beatrice 

 and Louise, will be found very valuable for forcing, as they will 

 ripen early in June with very slight forcing. This Peach is apt 

 to crack at the stone ; the fruit then ceases to swell and has no 

 flavour. To obviate this fault, it should be fertilised with the 

 pollen of other flowers. It is possible that the immaturity arises 

 from insufficient impregnation. 



Early Silver. Very large ; melting and rich, with the vinous 

 flavour of the White Nectarine, its parent. Requires a warm 

 position and climate : early in August. Flowers large. 



Lady Palmerston. Large; melting and very good; skin 

 greenish yellow, marbled with crimson ; very handsome ; flesh 

 pale yellow. It was raised from a stone of the Pine-apple 

 Nectarine, and partakes of its flavour. This fine Peach ripens 

 towards the end of September, and is a most distinct variety : 

 flowers small ; glands small and kidney-shaped, or nearly so. 



Large Early Mignonne. Very large; pale straw, with a 

 rosy cheek. This very fine Peach was raised from the Belle 

 Beauce ; it ripens a week earlier than the Early Grosse Mig- 

 nonne, and is melting and very rich : flowers large ; glands 

 round. 



Lord Palmerston. Very large, the largest of Peaches ; skin 

 creamy white, with a pink cheek ; flesh firm, yet melting, very 

 juicy and rich. It was raised from the Princess of Wales 

 Peach, and resembles in its size and beauty its grand-parent 

 the monstrous Pavie of Pompone ; flowers very large and 

 beautiful ; glands nearly round : season from middle to end of 

 September. It clings slightly to the stone unless fully ripe. 



Magdala. This fine Peach has been raised here from a 

 stone of Rivers's Orange Nectarine. Size medium, shape in- 

 clined to oval, skin nearly smooth like a Nectarine ; colour 

 creamy white, marbled and blotched with crimson; flavour a 

 combination of the Peach and Nectarine ; quite original and 

 exquisite. Season middle to end of August : glands kidney- 

 shaped ; flowers small. 



Princess of Wales. Very large ; one of the largest and best 

 Peaches known, and one of the most beautiful; its colour cream, 

 with a rosy cheek; melting, rich, and excellent; ripens just 

 before Desse Tardive, and is very valuable ; flowers very large 

 and beautiful ; glands round. 



Rivers's Early York. Medium size ; skin marbled with red ; 



