826 THE FKUIT MANUAL. 



adhere; juicy, ricli, and vinous. Flowers, small. Leaves, with round 

 glands. 



Eipe in the end of August. 



Anne. See Early Anne. 

 Avant. See Grosse Mignonne. 

 Avant Blanche. See White Nutmeg. 

 Avant Peche de Troyes. See Red Nutmeg. 

 Avant Rouge. See Red Nutmeg. 



BAEEINGTON {Buckingham Mignonne ; Colonel Ansley's). — Fruit, 

 large, roundish-ovate, and terminated by a prominent nipple at the 

 apex. Skin, downy, yellowish green, marbled with red next the sun. 

 Suture, well defined. Flesh, yellowish, slightly tinged with red at the 

 stone, rich, vinous, and of first-rate quality, Flowers, large. Leaves, 

 with round glands. 



Eipens in the middle of September. 



The tree is very hardy, vigorous, and a good bearer. 



This is one of the best mid-season peaches, and bears carriage well. It was 

 raised by a Mr. Barrington, of Burwood, in Surrey, early in the present century, 

 and I do not find it mentioned in any nursery catalogue prior to 1826. 



BELLE BATJCE {Belle Bausse ; Pourpree Hdtive Vineuse ; Pour- 

 pree Vineuse; Vineuse de Fromentin; Vineuse Hdtive). — ^Fruit, large 

 and somewhat flattened at the extremities, marked with a distinct 

 suture, which is considerably higher on one side than the other. Skin, 

 thin and deUeate, covered with fine down, very highly coloured almost 

 over the entire surface with deep red. Flesh, white with a rosy tint 

 round the stone, tender, melting, and vinous. Flowers, large. Leaves, 

 with round glands. 



A delicious peach ; a variety of Grosse Mignonne, but considerably 

 larger, and ripens from ten to fourteen days later, in the middle of 

 September. 



Although this is an old French peach, and is mentioned in the Chartreux Cata- 

 logue of 1775, it was not till long after the beginning of this century that it was 

 introduced to this country. It was raised by M. Joseph Bauce, a peach grower at 

 Montreuil, and was chiefly brought into notice by M. Christophe Hervy, who 

 cultivated it with special care in the garden of the Chartreux at Paris. It is also 

 mentioned by Roger Schabol in 1774. 



BeUe Bausse. See Belle Bauce. 



BELLE CHEVREUSE.— Fruit, elongated, with a bold nipple on 

 the summit. Skin, unusually downy, yellowish, except next the sun, 

 where it is flesh-coloured and marbled with dark red. Suture, distinct. 

 Flesh, whitish yellow, tinged with red under the skin next the sun, and 

 marbled with rose colour at the stone, sweet, and juicy. Flowers, small. 

 Leaves, with kidney-shaped glands. 



Ripens in the beginning of September. 



This is so called from having been raised in the town of Chevreuse in the 

 Seine et Oise. It is a very old variety, and has been cultivated for nearly two 

 centuries. 



