250 PEACHES. 



plentiful, rich, and highly flavoured. Stone large, 

 obovate, pointed. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



The Noblesse Peach ripened at Twickenham, in 17^7> 

 on a south wall, July 20th, O. S., or Aug. 31st, N. S. 

 Langley. 



This is one of our very best hardy peaches, and per- 

 haps one of the most common ; but it is often confounded 

 with another, well known, the Vanguard, which is 

 somewhat similar in appearance and in its general cha- 

 racters. It is, however, distinguished by its fruit being, 

 for the most part, oblong, narrowed, and plump at the 

 apex, with a pointed nipple : in the Vanguard the fruit 

 is equally large, or even more so, always globular, rather 

 than oblong, and its crown or apex flat and often de- 

 pressed. Nurserymen need not to be at any loss to 

 distinguish the two sorts when maiden plants in the 

 nursery ; the lateral shoots of the Noblesse being nearly 

 as long as the main leader ; those of the Vanguard being 

 less numerous, and exceeded considerably by the main 

 shoot ; besides, the plants of the Vanguard are of a 

 taller growth than those of the Noblesse. Indeed, so 

 obvious and invariable have I found these characters, 

 that should the two kinds become inadvertently inter- 

 mixed in the nursery rows, the most inexperienced 

 foreman would be enabled to separate them, without 

 any fear of mistake. 



In the Hort. Trans, above quoted, I stated tli|t 

 Mellish's Favourite and the Noblesse were the same. 

 I have this year again been favoured by Mrs. Gurdon, 

 of Letton, with specimens of both, and I find them iden- 

 tically one and the same. 



13. OLD ROYAL CHARLOTTE. G. LindL in Hort. 

 Trans. Vol. v. p. 540. 



Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers 

 large, pale blush. Fruit middle-sized, nearly globular, 



