PEACHES. 141 



peach. A good bearer. Flowers large. Glands none, 

 llipens in the end of August. 



Hoffmann's. See Morrisania. 



INCOMPARABLE. Very similar to the Catherine, but 

 not so good. Flesh clingstone. Flowers small. Glands 

 kidney-shaped. 



INCOMPARABLE EN BEAUTE. Fruit large, round, and 

 depressed at both ends. Skin pale yellowish-green in the 

 shade, but streaked with crimson and covered with deep 

 brownish-red next the sun. Flesh white, dark red at the 

 stone, melting and juicy, vinous, and with a somewhat 

 musky flavour. A very showy fruit, but is not of first- 

 rate quality. Flowers small] Glands round. Middle of 

 September. 



Italian. See Malta. 



Java Peach. See Flat Peach of China. 



Johnson's Early Purple Avant. See Grosse Mignonne. 



Judd's Melting. See Late Admirable. 



Kew Early Purple. See Royal Charlotte. 



LATE ADMIRABLE (Judd's Melting ; Motteux Seedling). 

 Fruit very large, elongated, terminated with an acute 

 swollen nipple. Skin yellowish-green, pale red and 

 marbled and striped with deep red next the sun. Suture 

 deep. Flesh greenish-white, with red veins at the stone, 

 delicate, juicy, rich, and vinous. Flowers small. Glands 

 round. Middle and end of September. 



One of the best late peaches. 



Late Chancellor. See Chancellor. 



LEOPOLD THE FIRST. Fruit very large, round, pitted 

 at the apex, and marked with a distinct suture on one 

 side. Skin pale yellow, tinged with red, and very slightly, 

 or not at all, washed with red next the sun. Flesh 

 tender, very melting, vinous, and perfumed. . Glands 

 round. Flowers large. Ripens in the middle of October. 



Lockyer's Mignonne. See Royal George. 

 Lord Fauconberg's. See Royal Charlotte. 

 Lord Montague's. See Noblesse. 

 Lord Nelson's. See Royal Charlotte. 

 Madeleine Blanche. See White Magdalen. 



