PEACHES. 



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iiiinate in a very acute point ; the peaches which succeed are, 

 single, double, treble, or quadruple ; the two latter soon fall, 

 but a portion of the two former generally attain to maturity. 

 They are of medium size, rather oblong, twenty-one to twenty- 

 two lines in diameter, and rather more in length ; they are 

 seldom of the same form, some have a small mamelon at the 

 extremity, others have none, and nearly all of them are of 

 larger size at the head, than next to the peduncle. The skin 

 is velvety, yellowish green, and sometimes of a partial fawn 

 colour next the sun ; the flesh is white, and the juice of a 

 rather pleasant taste. 



The stone is an inch in length, and eight lines in breadth, 

 terminating by a very acute point ; the fruit ripens in Sep- 

 tember. This tree is only cultivated for ornament, and there 

 are few others which impart as much beauty to the garden at 

 the early period at which its flowers expand themselves, and 

 these continue their bloom for a much longer period than 

 other peaches. The Bon Jardinier mentions a dwarf variety 

 with double flowers, which I have ascertained only exists in 

 imagination : the one I have described can, however, be readily 

 made dwarf by inoculation on suitable stocks, 



MONTAUBAN. Pr. cat. Mil. Lang. For. Lond. hort. cat. 



This fruit is of rounded form, and medium size, with a 

 suture at one side ; it is dark red approaching to purple next 

 the sun, but of a yellowish green on the other side ; the flesh 

 is white, with sometimes a tinge of red next to the stone ; it 

 is melting, rich, juicy, and of pleasant flavour. The tree is 

 productive, and the fruit, which is a freestone, ripens in the 

 month of August. 



BELLE BAUSSE. Pr. cat. Lond. hort. cat. 



Belle Bauce. Bon Jard. 



This fruit is in its general character nearly allied to the 

 Grosse Mignonne, and from the high esteem in which that 

 variety is held, this fact is of itself sufiicient commendation. 

 Its quality is equally good, its size larger, and it ripens about 



