TEACHES. 



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French differs only in being somewhat larger, rather longer, 

 and not so much hollowed on the summit. 



A beautiful, melting, delicious variety, ripening in the be- 

 ginning of September. One of the finest peaches in culti- 

 vation. 



Leaves crenated, with globose glands ; flowers large, dark 

 purplish-red ; fruit large, depressed, and hollowed at the sum- 

 mit, with a moderately deep suture on one side, and a wide 

 cavity at the base the side marked by the suture is shorter 

 than the opposite one ; skin rather thinly clad with down ; co- 

 lour rich deep red next the sun, thickly mottled on a yellow 

 ground towards the shade ; flesh pale yellow, rayed with red 

 next the stone, from which it parts freely, melting, juicy, with 

 a rich vinous flavour ; stone small for the size of the fruit, 

 ovate, very rugged. Pom. Mag. 



LATE MIGNONNE. AUTH. 

 Mignonne tardive. N. Duh. 



This peach greatly resembles the Grosse Mignonne, the tree 

 like that variety produces large flowers, which are of a delicate rose 

 colour, and seventeen to eighteen lines in diameter; the essential 

 distinction is in the glands of the leaves, which are reniform, 

 instead of being globular, and in the fruit, which is not sensi- 

 bly hollowed at the summit, but is terminated by a very distinct 

 nipple or mamelon, although it is very small ; the fruit is of 

 fine size, and measures twenty-six to thirty lines in its greatest 

 diameter, and twenty-five to twenty-eight in height ; the flesh 

 is white, somewhat coloured with red around the stone, very 

 melting, replete with juice of a sweet, rich, and vinous flavour, 

 and as pleasant as that of the Grosse Mignonne ; the stone 

 detaches itself pretty easily from the flesh, and is of a reddish 

 brown colour, fourteen lines or a little more in length, and 

 nine in its greatest diameter. This is an excellent fruit ripen- 

 ing in the earliest part of September, and sometimes at the end 

 of August in an early season, but always eight to ten days 



