148 PEACHES. 



Glands round. Flowers small. Ripens in the end of 

 September and beginning of October. 



This is one of the best late peaches, and the tree is 

 very hardy and a good bearer. 



White Avant. See White Nutmeg. 



WHITE MAGDALENE (Madaleine Blanche; Montague 

 Blanche). Fruit medium sized, roundish, flattened at 

 the base, and divided by a deep suture -which extends 

 from the base to the apex, and terminates in a very slight 

 nipple, which is sometimes wanting. Skin easily de- 

 tached from the flesh, yellowish-white in the shade, and 

 delicately marked with red next the sun. Flesh white, 

 with some yellowish veins running through it, which are 

 tinged with red next the stone, from which it separates ; 

 juicy, melting, rich, sugary, and slightly vinous. Flowers 

 large. Glands none. Ripe the middle of August. 



WHITE NUTMEG (Avant Blanche; White Avant). 

 Fruit small, roundish, terminated by a pointed nipple, 

 and divided by a deep suture, which extends from the 

 base to the apex. Skin white in the shade and lightly 

 tinged with pale red next the sun. Flesh white even to 

 the stone from which it separates ; rich, sugary, and per- 

 fumed. Flowers large. Glands none. Ripe the middle 

 of July. 



YELLOW ADMIRABLE (Abricotee ; Admirable Jaune 

 de Burai ; G-rosse Jaime ; Grosse Peche Jaime Tar dive ; 

 d' Orange ; Peche d' Abricot ; Sandalie Hermaphrodite; 

 Scandalian). Fruit very large, roundish, narrowing to- 

 wards the crown, where it is somewhat flattened, and 

 from which issues a shallow suture, which diminishes 

 towards the base. Skin fine yellow in the shade, and 

 washed with light red on the side next the sun. Flesh 

 firm, deep yellow, tinged with red tinder the skin, and at 

 the stone, from which it separates ; and of a rich sugary 

 flavour resembling both in colour and taste that of an 

 apricot. Flowers large. Glands kidney-shaped. Ripe 

 in the middle and end of October. 



YELLOW ALBEBGE (Alberge Jaune; Gold Fleshed; 

 Golden Mignonne; Peche Jaune; Purple Alberge). 

 Fruit medium sized, round, divided by a deep suture 

 which extends from the base to the apex, where it termi- 

 nates in a considerable depression. Skin adhering to the 

 flesh, covered with fine down, of a deep rich golden 



