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XXVIII. PEACH TREE with small flowers and large, round, dark red fruit with firm, sweet 

 flesh. 



BELLEGARDE. GALANDE. (PL XX.) 



This is a beautiful peach tree, especially when it's in good soil. 



Its shoots are big and are red on the side in the sun. 



The leaves are large, smooth, and deep green. 



The flowers are very small and pale. 



The fruit is big, round, and is very similar to the Admirable. The lengthwise 

 groove dividing it isn't very pronounced. 



Its skin is a red-purple color almost everywhere. It verges on black on the side 

 toward the sun. It's firm, very adherent to the flesh and is covered with a very fine down. 



The flesh is pink next to the pit. It's firm & sort of crisp; however it's delicate & 

 full of juice. 



The juice is sugary & has a very good flavor. 



The pit is medium-sized, flattened, longish, & terminates in quite a long point. 



This peach ripens at the end of August after the Mignonnes & the red Madeleine. 



Merlet's Bellegarde is a Persique, very different from our Bellegarde. 



XXIX. PEACH TREE with small flowers and large, round, pale red fruit with firm, sweet flesh. 



ADMIRABLE. (PL XXL) [Translator's note: a peach variety first mentioned by Lectier 

 in 1628 but probably originated in France much earlier]. 



This is a large, strong, vigorous peach tree that produces a lot of branches & fruit. 



Its shoots are big & strong. 



The leaves are large, beautiful, long and smooth. 



