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been called the Early Admirable in the time of Miller, 

 a name which cannot now be abandoned, because we 

 have another peach called the Late Admirable. M. 

 NOISETTE, in the Bon. Jard., makes his Belle de Vitry 

 a synonym of it ; but in this he is not sanctioned by 

 Duhamel, who has always been considered as of un- 

 questionable authority. 



25. EARLY VINEYARD. Alton's Epitome. G. 

 Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 543. 



Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, 

 pale rose. Fruit middle sized, somewhat globular, and 

 a little depressed at the apex, swelled a little more on 

 one side of the suture than on the other, and very hollow 

 at the base. Skin yellowish white next the wall, and 

 sprinkled with red dots ; but of a dull red, and marked 

 with a deeper colour on the sunny side. Flesh yel- 

 lowish white, except at the stone, where it is tinged with 

 red, and from which it separates. Juice sugary, very 

 rich, and high flavoured. 



Ripe the end of August or the beginning of Sep- 

 tember. 



The name of this peach originated with the late Mr. 

 Lee of Hammersmith, whose nursery, at the early part 

 of its establishment by his father, was called the Vine- 

 yard. It has somewhat the appearance of the Grosse 

 Mignonne, but it is not so large nor of so dark a colour, 

 and Mr. Lee assured me it always ripened on his wall a 

 week or ten days earlier: had the two peaches been 

 alike, it could not have escaped the notice of that very 

 distinguished cultivator. For this reason, and from my 

 own observation, I have determined not to abandon the 

 name to a mere synonym. On the other hand, I am 

 quite satisfied that plants may be purchased from nur- 

 series, under this name, that may prove to be the Grosse 

 Mignonne. 



