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represent, but from which it widely differs, as has been 

 noticed under that head. 



17. WHITE MAGDALEN. Miller, No. 5. G. LindL 

 in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 540. 



Madeleine Blanche. Duhamel 8. t. 6. 



Montagne Blanche. Knoop. Fruct. p. 79- 



Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers 

 large, pale rose. Fruit below the middle size, some- 

 what globular, rather more broad than long, having a 

 deeply marked suture, which extends from the base to 

 the apex, where it is terminated by a small, slightly 

 sunk nipple, and having a rather wide cavity at the 

 base. Skin yellowish white next the wall, but on the 

 sunny side tinged with red, and marbled with a deeper 

 red colour. Flesh melting, of a yellowish white, with 

 a slight tinge of red next the stone, from which it 

 separates. Juice plentiful, but not of any high flavour. 

 Stone small, obtuse, a little rugged. 



Ripe about the middle of August. 



Miller observes, that the pith of the young branches 

 of this Peach is black : this can be only accidental, as 

 happens also with others. 



18. WHITE NUTMEG. Miller, No. 1. G. LindL 

 in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 540. 



Avant Peche blanche. Duhamel, No. 1. t. 1. 



Leaves small, doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers 

 large, very pale blush. Fruit very small, the least of all 

 the varieties, a little more long than broad, having a very 

 conspicuous deeply marked suture, extending to the 

 apex, on one side of which it oblongates into a very 

 small acute nipple. Skin white, but when fully ex- 

 posed it has a very pale blush tinge. Flesh white to the 

 stone, from which it separates. Juice very sweet, of a 

 musky and very agreeable flavour. Stone small, oval, 

 mucurate, very slightly rugged. 



Ripe the middle of July. 



This very delicate Peach has not been successfully 



