PEACHES. 



Flesh melting, yellowish white, except near the stone, 

 where it is deeply stained with red, which at the apex 

 reaches nearly through to the skin. Juice plentiful, 

 sugary, and of a high vinous flavour. Stone small, 

 deeply rugged. 



Ripe about the middle of September. This is not 

 only one of the handsomest, but one of the best peaches 

 in our collections, not excepting the Bellegarde, and 

 cannot be too extensively known. The name appears 

 to have originated with the late Mr. Lee of Hammer- 

 smith. 



50. SPRING GROVE. Hort. Trans. Vol. ii. p. 214. 

 Pom. Mag. t.97- 



Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, 

 pale blush. Fruit middle-sized, globular, broadest at 

 the base, with a very shallow suture. Skin greenish 

 yellow next the wall, but of a bright crimson on the 

 sunny side. Flesh greenish yellow to the stone, from 

 which it separates. Juice plentiful, rich, and high- 

 flavoured. Stone rather large, obovate, pointed. 



Ripe about the end of August. 



This peach was raised by Mr. Knight of Downton 

 Castle, from a stone of Neil's Early Purple, and the 

 pollen of the Red Nutmeg. It differs from its female 

 parent in being a much rounder fruit. 



51. SUPERB ROYAL. Forsyth, Ed. 3. 87. G. 

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



Royal Sovereign. Nurs. Catalogues. i 



Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, 

 deep rose. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat globular, but 

 a little narrowed at the apex, and a little more full 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 rather dull red, and marbled with a 

 deeper colour on the sunny side. Flesh melting, pale 

 greenish yellow, but tinged with red next the stone, 



