24 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



& twenty-two lignes high. It's divided into two unequal hemispheres by a groove that's 

 deep only near the stalk, which is set in a narrow & deep cavity, & also at the top where a 

 very small protuberance is visible. The side of the fruit opposite the groove is flattened. 



The skin is very thin & a beautiful red on the side toward the sun. 



The juice is sugary & delicious. 



The fruit ripens at the beginning of September, after the Belle Chevreuse. 



These two peach trees can be told apart only by their flowers & by when their 

 fruit ripens. In a number of gardens the Chancelliere is represented by a variety of the 

 Chevreuse that has small flowers & somewhat rounder fruit that doesn't ripen as early. 



XX. PEACH TREE with small flowers and late, flattened very slightly verrucose fruit. 

 Late CHEVREUSE. PURPLE PEACH. (PL XIV.) 



This is a vigorous tree & it gets very full, so the fruit has to be thinned out so that 

 the tree looks prettier. 



The shoots are red on the side toward the sun. 



The leaves are large, very lightly denticulate, and very slightly puckered next to 

 the midrib. 



The flowers are small and red-brown in color. 



The fruit is a nice size and is somewhat oblong. It's divided by quite a deep 

 groove bordered by two lips, one of which is higher than the other. It terminates in a 

 protuberance. 



The skin is slightly greenish on the side toward the wall & a very beautiful red 

 where it faces the sun, which gives it the name purple peach. 



The flesh is white except near the pit. 



The juice is delicious & very enjoyable. 



The pit is average-sized. 



