PEACHES. 271 



This very handsome Peach has been sold by Mr. 

 Ronalds, of Brentford, who informs me it was raised 

 from seed by a friend of his, but when and where he did 

 not mention. 



48. ROYAL KENSINGTON. Forsyth, Ed. 3. No. 7. 

 G. LindL in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 544. 



Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, 

 pale rose. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat flattened at 

 the apex, and swelled a little more on one side of the 

 suture than on the other. Skin pale greenish yellow 

 next the wall, sprinkled with numerous red dots, but of 

 a fine dark red, and marbled with a deeper colour on 

 the sunny side. Flesh pale greenish yellow, with a few 

 red streaks near the stone, from which it separates. Juice 

 rich, and of a very highly vinous flavour. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



The name of this very beautiful and excellent Peach 

 originated with Mr. Forsyth. He says it was sent from 

 France to her Majesty Queen Charlotte, about the year 

 1783, and planted in the Royal Gardens at Kensington, 

 where he found it in 1784, and mentioned in the cata- 

 logue of the gardens as a new Peach from France. This 

 tree was planted next to what was then called Grim- 

 wood's Royal George, with which its characters, as 

 respects its flowers and leaves > corresponded. It bears a 

 strong resemblance to this (the Grosse Mignonne\ but 

 it appears to me to be a smaller fruit, and certainly in its 

 propagation I have found it the most hardy of the two. 



49. SMOOTH-LEAVED ROYAL GEORGE. G. LindL 

 in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 544. Forsyth. 



Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, 

 fine deep rose. Fruit* above the middle size, nearly 

 globular, but a little depressed at the apex, and the su- 

 ture almost obscure. Skin yellowish white next the 

 wall, sprinkled with numerous minute red dots, but of a 

 beautiful red or carmine colour on the sunny side. 



