PEACHES. 



an illiberal idea does not usually arise in a liberal mind. 

 I must leave it to M. NOISETTE, who is now living, to 

 defend himself in the publication of the Son Jardinier 

 and Jardinier Fruitier, in which he has to the present 

 day kept them distinct. DUHAMEL I need not, on this 

 point mention again. To writers of our own country, 

 I would suggest the propriety of their trying to propa- 

 gate any two or three sorts of peaches, which they may 

 consider alike, upon the Muscle stock, and ascertain the 

 result, before they declare them to be absolutely one 

 and the same fruit, 



30. LOCKYER'S MIGNONNE. G. Lindl. in Hort. 

 Trans. Vol. 5. p. 542. 



Lockyer's Peach. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 40. 



Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers 

 small. Fruit middle-sized, nearly globular. Skin 

 greenish yellow next the wall, sprinkled with numerous 

 red dots ; but of a dull red, and marbled with a darker 

 colour on the sunny side. Flesh greenish yellow, 

 slightly coloured with red next the stone, from which 

 it separates. Juice plentiful and good in flavour. 



Ripe the middle of September. 



31. LORD FAUCONBERG'S MIGNONNE. G. Lindl. 

 in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 542. 



Lord Falconbridge's. Hanbury. 



Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers 

 small. Fruit above the middle size, somewhat ovate, 

 being broader at the base than at the apex. Suture 

 rather deep. Skin pale yellow next the wall, sprinkled 

 with numerous red dots ; but of a dull red, marked 

 with several broad spots or patches of a deeper colour 

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

 the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful and 

 rich. Stone rather flat. 



Ripe the middle of September. 



This very fine and handsome Peach has been many 



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