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a friend of his from seed. Its characters being those of 

 the Bellegarde, that name has been assigned it in pre- 

 ference to that of a Mignonne. 



37. NEW ROYAL CHARLOTTE. 



Royal Charlotte. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. 

 p. 542. 



Queen Charlotte. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 38. 



Kew Early Purple. Alton's Epitome. 



Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers 

 middle-sized, dark red. Fruit rather above the middle 

 size, somewhat narrow at the apex, and more swelled on 

 one side of the suture than on the other. Skin pale 

 greenish white on the shaded side ; but of a full deep 

 red, and marbled with still deeper colour on the sunny 

 side. Flesh greenish white, but pale red next the 

 stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, rich, 

 and extremely well flavoured. 



Ripe the beginning of September. 



I have named this the New Royal Charlotte, to 

 distinguish it from No. 14. 



38. NIVETTE. Duhamel, SJ. t. 28. 

 Nivette Veloutee. Ib. 



Nivette. Miller, No. 26. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. 

 Vol. v. p. 546. 



Veloutee Tardive. Bon. Jard. 1827. P- 278. 



Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers small, 

 pale red. Fruit pretty large, somewhat ovate, with a 

 shallow suture, and a rather depressed apex. Skin 

 greenish yellow next the wall ; but when exposed to 

 the sun, of a lively red, shaded and marbled with a few 

 dashes of a deeper colour. Flesh when fully ripe, of a 

 pale yellow, but very red at the stone, from which it 

 separates. Juice plentiful, and of an excellent flavour. 



Ripe the middle and end of September. 



39. PETITE MIGNONNE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. 

 Vol. v. p. 550. 



