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but a little narrowed at the apex, where it is generally 

 terminated by a small nipple. Skin pale greenish 

 yellow next the wall ; but tinged with blush, and 

 marbled with a deeper colour on the sunny side. Flesh 

 soft, melting, and white to the stone, from which it 

 separates. Juice sugary and vinous. Stone obtuse, a 

 little rugged. 



Ripe the middle and end of August. 



This is undoubtedly the first Royal Charlotte ever 

 known in our gardens. It was first sold by Robert 

 Lowe, a nurseryman at Hampton Wick, about the year 

 1760. It has much the appearance of a Noblesse, but 

 is smaller, and on the same aspect ripens ten days or a 

 fortnight before it. The specimen from which this 

 description was written, was from a tree growing at 

 Heydon Hall, in Norfolk, in 1792. It had been pur- 

 chased from Mr. Lowe, and planted there in 1766. 



14. RED NUTMEG. Miller, No. 2. G. Lindl. in 

 Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 547. 



Nutmeg. Parkinson, No. 21. 



Brown Nutmeg. Of some Collections. 



Avant Peche rouge. Duhamel, No. 2. t. 3. 



Leaves small, crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers 

 large. Fruit small, but larger than those of the 

 White Nutmeg, of a somewhat globular figure, having 

 a well marked suture extending from the base to the 

 apex, terminated by a small, round, obtuse nipple. 

 Skin pale yellow next the wall ; but of a bright scarlet 

 or vermillion, and slightly marbled with a deeper colour 

 on the sunny side. Flesh yellowish white, but red at 

 the stone, from which it separates. Juice sweet and a 

 little musky. 



Ripe the end of July. 



This is the earliest hardy Peach cultivated in this 

 country, and is very good when just ripe, but in a short 

 time it becomes doughy. 



