138 PEACHES. 



red at the stone, rich, sweet, arid sugary. Flowers large. 

 Glands round. Beginning of September. 



EAELY ANNE (Anne). Fruit medium sized, round. 

 Skin white, tinged and dotted with red next the sun. 

 Suture shallow. Flesh white to the stone, pleasant, 

 but rather inclined to be mealy, its earliness proving 

 its chief merit. Flowers large. Glands none. Early in 

 August. 



Early Chevreuse. See Belle Ckevreuse. 



EARLY GEOSSE MIGNONNE (Mignonne Hdtive). Fruit 

 medium sized, roundish, pitted at the apex, with a small 

 nipple on one side of it, and with a shallow suture. The 

 skin has a pale red cheek on the side exposed to the gun, 

 and is thickly dotted all over with bright crimson dots. 

 The flesh is white, with veins of red throughout, separating 

 freely from the stone, sweet, very juicy, and vinous. 

 Glands round. Flowers large. 



This is a very fine peach, ripening in the second week 

 in August. 



EARLY NEWINGTON (Smith's Early Neivington). Fruit 

 medium sized, rather oval. Skin oi a pale straw colour 

 on the shaded side, and streaked with purple next the 

 sun. Flesh pale yellow, tin god with light red next the 

 stone to which it adheres; juicy and well flavoured. 

 Flowers large. Glands none. Ripe the end of August 

 and beginning of September. 



Early Newington Freestone. See American Newington. 



EARLY PURPLE (Pourpree Hdtive; Pourpree Hdtive a 

 GrandesFleurs; Vineuse}. Fruit medium sized,roundish, 

 depressed at the apex, divided on one side by a deep su- 

 ture extending from the base and across the apex. Skin 

 covered with a thick down, pale sulphur yellow, thinly 

 dotted with red on the shaded side, and deep purplish 

 red next the sun. Flesh white, separating from the 

 stone, red under the skin on the side which is exposed to 

 the sun, and very deep red at the stone ; of a rich vinous 

 and sugary flavour. Flowers large. Glands kidney- 

 shaped. Eipe the middle and end of August. 



Early Purple Avant. See G-rosse Mignonne. 



EARLY SAVOY (Precoce do Savoie). This is a variety 

 of Grosse Mignonne, but more ovate in s-hape, and paler 

 colour on the side next the sun. It is an excellent variety, 



