322 THE PEACH. 



NIVETTE. 0. Duh. Lind. Thomp. 



Nivette Yeloutep. VeloutSe Tardive. 

 Dorsetshire. 



The Nivette is an excellent French variety, much resembling 

 the Late Admirable. 



Leaves with globose glands. Fruit large, roundish, inclining 

 to oval ; suture shallow, and the top slightly depressed. Skin 

 pale green, with a lively red cheek. Flesh pale green, but deep 

 red at the stone, juicy, melting, and very rich. Beginning and 

 middle of September. Flowers small. 



NOBLESSE. Lang. Lind. Thomp. 



* Vanguard. Mellish's Favourite. 

 Lord Montague's Noblesse. 



An English peach of the highest reputation, and which in 

 this country is esteemed wherever known, as one of the largest, 

 most delicious, affd most valuable varieties. The tree is bnrdy 

 and productive, and every cultivator should possess it. In 

 England it is one of the favourite kinds for forcing and wall cul- 

 ture, yielding regular and abundant crops of beautiful, pale fruit. 



Leaves serrated, without glands. Fruit large, roundish ob- 

 long, a little narrowed at the top, and terminated by an ^ute 

 swollen point. Skin slightly downy, pale green throughout, 

 marked on the cheek with delicate red, clouded with darker red. 

 Flesh pale greenish-white to the stone, melting, very juicy, with 

 a very high and luscious flavour. Last of August. Flower* 

 large. 



NUTMEG, RED. Mill. Lind. Thomp. 



Avant Rouge. 0. Duh. Brown Nutmeg. 

 Avant Peche de Troyes. Early Red Nutmeg. 

 Red Avant. 



The Red Nutmeg is a very small and inferior peach, which 

 has long been cultivated solely on account of its earliness. It 

 is now seldom seen in our gardens, being abandoned for better 

 sorts. It is desirable, however, in a complete collection. Both 

 this and the following are European varieties. The tree grows 

 slowly, and is of dwarf habit. 



Leaves small, with reniform glands. Fruit small, roundish, 

 with a distinct suture, terminating in a small, round, swollen 

 point at the top. Skin pale yellow, with a bright, rich red 

 cheek. Flesh yellowish-white, red at the stone, with a sweet 

 and rather pleasant flavour. Middle and last of J.ily. Flowers 

 large. 



