174 BEACHES. 



ed, and slightly adhering to the flesh. This is the earliest of 

 peaches, ripening at the beginning of July, and the ants are 

 very eager to attack it. 



RED NUTMEG. PR. CAT. LOND. HORT. CAT. AND OTHER 



ENGLISH PUBLICATIONS. 



Red or scarlet nutmeg. Pr. cat. 25 ed. 

 Scarlet nutmeg, of some American collections. 



of 



This tree has large rose-coloured flowers ; the fruit is larger 

 than that of the preceding variety, being fifteen to sixteen lines 

 in diameter, by thirteen to fourteen in height ; the longitudi- 

 nal groove, which divides it lengthwise on one side, is not 

 deep, and it is but seldom that it terminates in a mamelon or 

 tit, but there are two small cavities at the place where that 

 would have been situated ; the skin covered with down, is of 

 a pale yellow colour where shaded, and tinged with bright red 

 next the sun ; the flesh is white, melting, slightly touched with 

 red under the skin on the sunny side, but without any red 

 fibres near the stone, and is full of juice, possessing a sweet 

 and musky flavour ; the stone is seven lines in length, six in 

 diameter, and five in thickness it in general separates pretty 

 easily from the flesh, but at other times cannot be detached 

 without much difficulty ; it is at maturity about the end of 

 July or early in August, and the ants and earwigs are very 

 partial to it. 



SMALL, OR PETITE MJGNONNE. PR. CAT. 



Petite Mignonne, } 

 Double de Troycs, > Duh. 

 Peche de Troyes, > 



This variety, besides being larger than the Red Nutmeg, is 

 also distinguished from it by its small flowers of a very pale 

 rose colour, which are but eight to eight and a half lines hi 



