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Early Louise. — Fruit of medium size, roundish; skin 

 bright-red on the exposed side; flesh melting, moderately 

 juicy and rich, and clinging slightly to the stone. Ripens 

 very early. 



Golden Eagle. — Fruit round, very large and handsome, 

 deep-yellow, highly coloured with red next the sun; flesh 



Fig. 995.— Peach. Rivers' Early York. (J.) 



yellow, tender, juicy, and of rich piquant flavour. The [ 

 best of the yellow-fleshed varieties. Early October. 



Goshawk. — Fruit large, round, green, striped and flushed i 

 with dull-red next the sun ; flesh white, very tender, melt- 

 ing, juicy, and of exceptionally rich flavour. The tree is | 

 vigorous, and a good cropper. Of American ori- 

 gin. One of the finest mid -season varieties. 



Grosse Mignonne (Early). — Fruit large, round, 

 somewhat depressed, hollowed at the summit, 

 furnished with a deep suture ; skin slightly 

 downy, pale -yellow mottled with red towards 

 the sunny side, which is of a dark-red colour; 

 flesh pale-yellow, rayed with red at the stone, 

 from which it parts freely, melting, juicy, very 

 rich, and vinous. The fruit does not bear car- 

 riage well. The tree is a good bearer, forces well, 

 and is not subject to mildew. Late -August, 

 early- September. 



Hales' Early. — Fruit large, round, green 

 flushed with red, dark- crimson where exposed to 

 the sun; flesh white, tender, juicy, and of mo- 

 derately good flavour. A very useful variety, 

 ripening about the end of July. 



Late Admirable. — Fruit large, roundish, some- 

 what oblong, with a slight depression at the 

 summit, in which there is commonly a small r 

 nipple; skin downy, dull-crimson with dark 

 streaks next the sun, pale-green on the shaded 

 side, slightly mottled at the junction of the two 

 colours; flesh pale yellowish -green, red at the 

 stone, from which it parts freely, melting, and very juicy. 

 One of the best late Peaches either for the open ground 

 or forcing. Mid- or late-September. 



Nectarine Peach. — Fruit very large, somewhat elongated, 

 often with a prominent nipple at the apex, greenish-yellow, 

 blotched and shaded with red next the sun ; flesh white, 

 tender, juicy, and of good flavour when grown under glass. 

 A very fine autumn variety for a cool house. A fruit grown 



at Ketton Hall measured 12 inches in circumference and 

 weighed 14 ozs. Late September. 



Noblesse. — Fruitlarge, globular, depressed on the -urnrnit, 

 sometimes rather pointed; skin slightly downy, pale yel- 

 lowish-green, streaked and blotched red on the side next 

 the sun ; flesh white to the stone, from which it parts 

 freely, melting, very juicy, rich, and excellent. Early 

 September. 



Prince of Wales. — Fruit varying much in shape, 

 especially if forced, when it resembles Barrington, but 

 grown in a cool house it is round and even in out- 

 line ; skin green, shaded with very bright red where 

 exposed to the sun ; flesh greenish-white, very ten- 

 der, juicy, melting, and of good flavour. Bears abun- 

 dantly. One of the best autumn kinds. Mid-September. 

 Princess of Wales. — Fruit very large, round, and 

 pointed; skin pale-cream with a rosy cheek, very clear 

 and beautiful; flesh melting, juicy, rich, and excellent, 

 having a tinge of red at the stone. A very fine and 

 handsome late Peach. Very excellent for late supply. 

 A fruit grown at Ketton Hall measured 12 inches in 

 circumference and weighed 14 ozs. Late October. 



Rivers' Early York. — Fruit medium, ovate ; skin 

 downy, greenish-white, deep-red on the side next the 

 sun, and frequently much spotted and mottled on the 

 shaded side; flesh white, melting, juicy, and tolerably 

 richly flavoured. A fine early Peach of good con- 

 stitution ; an improvement on the old Early York. 

 Early- or mid-August. 



Royal George. — Fruit large, globular; skin very 

 downy, deep-red next the sun, pale greenish-white dotted 

 with red on the shaded side; flesh pale-3-ellow, rayed with 

 red at the stone, from which it parts fieely, very juicy, 

 melting, rich, and vinous. The tree is a good bearer and 

 forces well, but is subject to mildew. Late August. 



Fig. 996.— Peach. Stirling Castle. (*.) 



Sahcay. — Fruit large, round, rather flattened : skin of 

 a dull greenish-yellow colom\ darker on the most exposed 

 side; flesh of a deep-orange, juic}-, melting, and moderately 

 rich when well ripened, adhering slightly to the stone. A 

 very late and valuable Peach, ripening in the end of October 

 and beginning of November. It is of a good flavour under 

 glass if judiciously ripened with fire-heat. 



Sea Eagle. — Fruit very large, somewhat elongated ; skin 



