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unite with stocks in general, and so sad a destruction does it malte in the nursery 

 stocks, that I find all nurserymen are weary of it." 



There is eveiy probability that the high reputation the Royal George of Oram 

 attained, and the difficulty of its propagation , induced other cultivators to substitute 

 a variety which could be more easily multiplied, and this they found in Millet's 

 Mignonne, which was also new at the same time, and was introduced by Millet, a 

 market gardener at North End, Fulham, and it has continued to represent the Royal 

 George ever since. So late as the beginning of the present century Forsyth 

 describes the flowers of Royal George as large. 



I quite believe that the original Royal George of Oram was a seedling from 

 Grosse Mignonne, and little different from that variety j and not improbably it may 

 have been what Grimwood afterwards grew as Grimwood's Royal George, which is 

 a form of Grosse Mignonne. This being so, the difficulty of propagation is easily 

 explained, for the Grosse Mignonne requires to be budded on the Pear Plum. 



Royal Kensington. See Grosse Miijnonne. 



Royal Sovereign. See Grosse Mit/nonne. 



St. Laurent Jaune. See Eosanna. 



SALWEY. — Fruit, medium sized, round. Skin, of a deep rich 

 yellow colour. Flesh, deep orange colour, very melting, juicy, and 

 vinous. Flowers, small. Leaves, with kidney-shaped glands. 



Ripe in the end of October and beginning of November. 



This is a very excellent late variety. The skin and flesh are like 

 those of an apricot, and the latter is very juicy and highly flavoured. 



It was raised by Colonel Salwey from a peach stone brought from Italy, and was 

 introduced by Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough. 



Sandalie. See Yellow Admirable. 



Scandalian. See Yellow Admirable. 



Seedling Noblesse. See Alexandra. 



SHANGHAI (Chang-hai). — Fruit, very large, roundish. Skin, 

 pale yellowish green on the shaded side, and light red next the sun. 

 Flesh, pale yellow, very deep red at the stone, to which some of the 

 strings adhere ; melting, juicy, and richly flavoured. Flowers, large. 

 Leaves, with kidney-shaped glands. 



Ripens in the middle of September. The tree is an excellent bearer, 

 and requires a very warm situation to ripen the fruit properly. It was 

 introduced from China by Mr. Fortune. 



SIBULLE. — Fruit, large and handsome, roundish, inclining to oval, 

 and not unlike Barrington in shape. Skin, covered with coarse down, 

 greenish and dark red on the side next the sun. Flesh, yellowish white, 

 tender, juicy, and richly flavoured, deeply stained with red next the 

 stone, from which it separates freely. Flowers, small. Leaves, with 

 kidney-shaped glands. 



An excellent peach. Ripe in the end of September. 



SMALL MIGNONNE {Petite Mignonne). — Fruit, small, roundish, 

 flattened at the base, marked on one side with a deep suture. Skin, 

 yellowish white in the shade, and bright red next the sun. Fleshj 



