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distinctly marked; but a few doubtful intermediate flowers 

 may immediately be referred to the one or the other by 

 the color of the petals, the smaller being reddish or pink, 

 and the larger nearly white, or with light margins. 



DIVISION I. FREESTONES OR MELTERS. 



Class I. Flesh, pale oil light colored. 



Section L Leaves serrated^ without glands, 



Suh-sectio7i I. Flowers large. 



Double Mountain. (Syn. Pouble Montagne.) Medium in 

 size ; roundish, narrow at apex ; surface pale greenish 

 white, with a slight soft red cheek, marbled darker ; flesh 

 white to the stone, delicate ; stone ovate and rugged. 

 Ripens at the end of summer. French. 



Early Jfjine. (-Sj/tz. Green Nutmeg.) Rather small, round j 

 surface greenish white, becommg nearly white, some- 

 times faintly tinged with red to the sun; flesh white to 

 the stone, sweet, pleasant, with a faint mingling of a 

 vinous flavor. Stone light colored, small, uncommonly 

 smooth. Shoots with a light-green cast. Very early. 

 The tree at the north is verj^ tender, and the young shoots 

 are often winter-killed, which, with its slow growth and 

 deficient productiveness, render it unprofitable for gene- 

 ral cultivation. Flowers white. English, old. 



MArxDALEN OF CouRsoN. {Syn. Madeleine de Courson, Red 

 Magdalen, True Red Magdalen, French Magdalen, Made- 

 leine Rou![,'-e.} Medium size, or rather small, round, 

 slightly oblate, suture deep on one side ; surface nearly 

 white, with a lively red cheek; flesh white, slight!}^ red 

 at the stone ; juicy, rich, vinous. Rather early, or last 

 two weeks of summer. French, old. The genuine sort 

 is little known in this country. 



