PEACHES. 337 



HEMSKEKK. — Fruit, medium sized. Skin, yellowish green, spotted 

 with scarlet, bright red mottled with darker red next the sun. Flesh, 

 greenish yellow throughout, rich and deUcious. Stone, small, and 

 smoother than that of any other peach. A good bearer. Flowers, 

 large. Leaves, without glands. 



Ripens in the end of August. 



Hermaphrodite. See Yellow Admirable. 

 Hoffmann's. See Monisania. 



HONEY [Be Montigny). — This is a curions oval-shaped peach of 

 medium size, tapering at the apex into a sharp long nipple or beak, 

 and marked with a distinct suture. Skin, covered with a very fine 

 down, perfectly white, and splashed with broken bands or streaks of 

 crimson. Flesh, perfectly white, with just a faint trace of red round 

 the stone, from which it separates freely ; very tender, melting, and 

 juicy. Juice, abundant, sweet and rich, almost like a syrup. Flowers, 

 large. Leaves, with kidney-shaped glands. 



A very rich and delicious peach, quite novel in character, both in 

 appearance and in flavour. 



This is a Chinese variety, and was raised from seed sent to the Jardin des Plantes 

 at Paris, by M. de Montigny, consul of Prance at Shanghai. The name of Honey 

 Peach, which has been given it in England, is expressive of the peculiar richness 

 of its flavour. 



INCOMPARABLE. — Very similar to the Catherine, but not so good. 

 Flesh, chngstone. Flowers, small. Glands, kidney-shaped. 



INCOMPARABLE EN BEAUTE.— Fruit, large, round, and de- 

 pressed at both ends. Skin, pale yellowish green in the shade, but 

 streaked with crimson and covered with deep brownish red next the 

 sun. Flesh, white, dark red at the stone, melting and juicy, vinous, 

 and with a somewhat musky flavour. A very showy fruit, but is not 

 of first-rate quality. Flowers, small. Leaves, with round glands. 



Ripe in the middle of September. 



Italian. See Malta. 



Java Peach. See Flat China. 



Johnson's Early Purple Avant. See Gfrosse Mignonne. 



Judd's Melting. See Late Admirable, 



Kew Early Pm-ple. See Boyal Charlotte. 



LADY PALMERSTON.— Fruit, large and handsome. Skin, greenish 

 yellow, marked with crimson. Flesh, pale yellow, separating from the 

 stone ; rich and melting. Flowers, small. Leaves, with kidney-shaped 

 glands. 



This is a remarkably fine late peach, and ripens in the end of Sep- 

 tember and beginning of October. 



It was raised by Mr. Kivers from Pine Apple Nectarine. 



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