836 THE PKUIT MANUAL. 



Smooth-leaved Eoyal George; Superb Royal ; Grosse MignonneVeloutee ; 

 Grosse Mignonne Ordinaire ; Hdtive de Ferrieres ; Mignonne Veloutee). 

 — Fruit, large, roundish, somewhat flattened, and furrowed with a 

 deep suture at the top, which seems to divide it in two lobes. Skin, 

 pale greenish yellow mottled with red, and deep brownish red next the 

 sun, covered with fine soft down. Flesh, pale yellow, red under the 

 skin on the side next the sun and at the stone, rich and deUcate, vinous, 

 and highly flavoured. Stone, small, very rough. Flowers, large. 

 Leaves, with round glands. 



Eipe in the end of August and beginning of September. 



This is one of the very best mid-season peaches. The tree, how- 

 ever, is delicate, and very liable to mildew ; but there are some seed- 

 lings from it which preserve all the characters of the fruit with a hardier 

 constitution of the tree. 



The numerous synonyms which this variety possesses are an evidence of the 

 favour In which it has been held. Its origin is unknown, but it has been in culti- 

 vation for upwards of two centuries, being mentioned by Merlet and all subsequent 

 authors. R-om the fact of its reproducing itself from seed, nurserymen, with good 

 faith, have introduced it from time to time as a new variety. Grimwood of the 

 Kensington Nursery sent it out in George the Third's reign as Grimwood's Eoyal 

 George. The late Mr. Lee of Hammersmith did so under the two names of 

 Early Vineyard and Smooth-leaved Eoyal George. Neal (or Neil) a nurseryman, 

 sold two plants of it to Mr. Padley, the king's gardener at Hampton Court, for 

 five guineas, under the name of Neal's Early Purple, and hence Padley's name also 

 appears among the synonyms. Shailer, of Chelsea, who raised the White Moss 

 Eose, also sent it out under the name of Superb Royal, and Eonalds, of Brentford, 

 sold it as Ronalds' Galande. It was called Royal Kensington by Forsyth, the 

 royal gardener, who, when he went to Kensington in 1784, found it as a new peach 

 sent with some others from France to the Queen. 



Grosse Mignonne Hative. See Early Grosse Mignomu. 

 Grosse Mignonne Ordinaire. See Grosse Mignonne. 

 Grosse Mignonne Veloutee. See Grosse Mignonne. 

 Grosse Peche Jaune Tardive. See Yellow Admirable. 

 Grosse Perseque Eouge. See Pavie de Pompone. 

 Grosse Violette. See Violette Grosse. 



HALE'S EAELY. — Fruit, of medium size, round, and depressed on 

 the apex, having a deep suture, one side of which is higher than the 

 other. Skin, sufiiised with crimson, which is covered with broad 

 broken streaks of darker crimson, dark red towards the sun. Flesh, 

 pale yellow, tender, melting, and with a delicious flavour, scarcely at 

 all coloured round the stone, which is red, and from which it separates. 

 Flowers, large. Leaves, with round glands. 



A very early American peach, which ripens early in August, before 

 Early York, and is a very beautiful fruit when well coloured. 



Hardy Galande. See Violette Hdtive. 



Hative de Ferrieres. See Grosse Mignonne. 



