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longs that it is like. The middle of September is the usual 

 time of ripening. 



Leaves crenated, with reniform glands ; flowers small, red- 

 dish ; fruit large, oval, with a very distinct channel on one 

 side ; cavity at the footstalk rather small ; skin not very downy, 

 dark crimson next the sun, pale yellow next the wall, finely 

 mottled towards the union of the two colours it peels freely ; 

 flesh pale yellow, very deep red from the stone half-way 

 through, melting, very juicy and rich, with a vinous flavour 

 it parts freely from the stone, but leaves some fibres behind ; 

 stone oblong, tapering to the base, pointed at summit, with a 

 surface almost like that of a clingstone. A capital sort. 



The French Chancellor of the nurseries, and of the London 

 Horticultural Society's Fruit Catalogue, No. 41, is propably not 

 distinct from this. The name appears to have originated in 

 a nursery in the North of England. Pom. Mag. 



FRENCH CHANCELLOR. PR. CAT. 



Chancellor. N. Duh. 



Veritable Chancelliere a grandefieur. O. Duh. 



Chancellor. 



This variety has large flowers ; the fruit is twenty-two lines 

 in height, and twenty-four in diameter it is divided into two 

 unequal sections by a longitudinal furrow, which is deepest at 

 its base ; and it is terminated by a very small mamelon ; the 

 skin is a fine red next the sun ; the flesh is melting, sweet, and 

 of very pleasant flavour. This peach is at maturity the begin- 

 ning of September. 



EARLY PURPLE. PR. CAT. 



Pourpree haiive. N. Duh. 



Veritable Pourprfe hative a grande fleur. O. Duh. 



The flowers of this tree are large and bright red ; the fruit 

 is twenty-five to twenty-seven lines in diameter, and twenty-three 



