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highest authority in what regards the fruits of his own 

 country, would have discovered this, had it been the 

 case, long before he published his book. In addition to 

 this, where is the Nurseryman, I would ask, who has 

 ever successfully budded the Bourdine upon the Muscle 

 stock ? In order that I may not, in this instance, add 

 to the confusion which at present exists in the names 

 of modern cultivators, I shall follow the example of 

 Duhamel, and our own countryman Miller, in con- 

 sidering the Sourdine, the Teton de Venus, and the 

 Royals, as three distinct varieties. 



5.* DOUBLE MONTAGNE. Niton's Epitome. G. 

 LindL in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 539. 



Sion. Forsyth, Ed. 7. p. 52. 



Leaves doubly serrated, glandless. Flowers large* 

 Fruit middle sized, of a roundish figure, a little nar- 

 rowed and flatted at the apex. Skin greenish white on 

 the shaded side ; but of a blush or soft red, and marbled 

 with a deeper colour on the side next the sun. Flesh 

 very delicate, melting, and white to the stone, from 

 which it separates. Juice plentiful, and highly fla- 

 voured. Stone ovate, mucronate, and rugged. 



Ripe the middle and latter end of August. 



This is a beautiful and excellent peach, and must not 

 be confounded with the Noblesse ; it ripens a week or 

 ten days sooner, and cannot be propagated upon the 

 Muscle. 



6. EARLY ANNE. O. LindL in Hort. Trans. VoLv. 

 p. 539. 



Anne. Langley Pom. t. 22. f. 2. Forsyth, Ed. 3- 

 No. 5. 



Leaves doubly serrated, glandless. Flowers large, 

 very pale, nearly white. Fruit below the middle size, 

 globular. Skin white, with scarcely any colouring on 

 the side next the sun. Flesh soft, melting, and white 



