PEACHES. 269 



This is a good peach, but apt to be mildewed when 

 planted upon a cold soil. 



I have not quoted any synonyms under this head ; for, 

 although it may have been sold under different names by 

 different nurserymen, it does not follow that these names 

 should be considered as synonymous. 



45. ROSSANNA. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. 

 p. 551. Miller, No. 18. 



Rossanne. Duhamel, No. 6. 



Alberge Jaune. Bon. Jard. 1827- p. 277- 



Peche Jaune. Ib. 



St. Laurent Jaune. Ib. 



Petite Roussanne. Ib. 



Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small, 

 pale dull red. Fruit middle-sized, something larger 

 than the Purple Alberge, and generally a little more 

 flattened ; but it has a similar suture, extending to the 

 apex, where is implanted a small sharp pointed nipple. 

 Skin yellow next the wall, but on the sunny side of a 

 deep red or purple colour, which extends nearly round 

 the fruit. Flesh deep yellow, but red at the stone, from 

 which it separates. Juice plentiful, and of a good 

 flavour. 



Ripe about the middle of September. 



The glands on the leaves form an unerring character, 

 and, indeed, the only one by which this peach and the 

 Purple Alberge can be distinguished. Had DUHAMEL 

 been aware of the importance of this character, his Traite 

 des Arbres Fruitiers, as far as regards Peaches and 

 Nectarines, would have been invaluable, and the dis- 

 crepancies between him and modern authors avoided. 

 In the Bon Jardinier, the Roussanne and Alberge Jaune 

 are made the same ; but that they are distinct the 

 glands are evidence ; and that the Purple Alberge, and 

 the Rossanna, described by me, are those intended by 



