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years in England, as appears by Hanbury, whose last 

 edition was published in 1769. It was cultivated by 

 Messrs. Perfect, of Pontefract, fifty years ago, and at 

 that time was plentiful in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 

 but does not appear to have found its way into the 

 London nurseries. There are several Peaches of this 

 class called Migrionnes, which approach very nearly each 

 other, and may be considered as the same ; but this I 

 consider to be distinct, as I have never observed those 

 broad and well marked dark patches which so strongly 

 characterise this, upon any of the other varieties. 



32. MADELEINE DE COURSON. Lelivur, Pom. Fran. 

 p. 292. Pom. Mag. t. 30. O. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. 

 Vol. v. p. 539. 



Madeleine Rouge. Duhamel, 1 0. t. 7 



Madeleine de Courson. Ib. 



Rouge Paysanne. Of the French. 



Red Magdalen. Miller, 9- 



Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers 

 large, pale blush. Fruit below the middle size, globular, 

 flattened, deeply cleft on one side. Skin pale yellowish 

 white next the wall ; but of beautiful red on the sunny 

 side. Flesh quite white, with a little red at the stone, 

 from which it separates. Juice plentiful, rich, and 

 vinous. Stone blunt, rather large in proportion to the 

 size of the fruit. 



Ripe the end of August or beginning of September. 



This is a very excellent Peach, and ought to b& 

 found in every good collection of fruit. It is the true 

 Red Magdalen of Miller, and, as such, should never 

 have given way to the one now cultivated under that 

 name ; but, like the Elruge and Red Roman Nectarine 

 of that author, the ignorance of some, and the indolence 

 of others, have allowed far inferior fruits to usurp their 

 names. 



33. MILLET'S MIGNONNE. Hanbury. G. LindL 

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



