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PEACHES. 



ingly rich, vinous and high flavoured. The tree is very pro- 

 ductive, and is extensively planted for supplying the markets 

 with the fruit, which ripens about the tenth of September ; the 

 flowers are of small size. 



LARGE EARLY MIGNONNE. Pr. cat. 



Grosse Mignonne hative, ) ^^^^^^ publications. 

 Mignonne hahve, ^ ^ 



This is a variety of the Grosse Mignonne, with fruit of 

 smaller size, and ripening at an earlier period. It has fre- 

 quently a mamelon at the extremity of the fruit, and it partakes 

 in its good qualities of the character of its class. The flowers 

 are large, and the leaves are attended with globular glands. 

 Its period of maturity is the beginning of August. 



MIGNONNE FRIZEE. Bon. Jard. 



Frizzled Mignonne. Auth. 



The principal trait which distinguishes this variety, is found 

 in the formation of its flowers ; which are so curled and friz- 

 zled, that when the tree is in bloom, it is difficult at a distance 

 to recognize it as a peach tree. The flowers are of the larger 

 class, and the leaves are attended with globular glands. The 

 fruit ripens at the end of August. 



DOUBLE FLOWERING. Pr. cat. 



Double blossomed. Lond. Hort. cat. 

 Rose peach. 



Packer djieur semidouble. Duh. 

 Pdcher djieur s doubles, Bon Jard. 

 Nain djieurs doubles. Bon Jard. 



This is a tree of beautiful appearance when in flower, yet 

 it yields but few fruit ; the blossoms are large, fifteen to six- 

 teen Hues in diameter, composed of fifteen to thirty petals of 

 a lively rose colour, with more or less stamens, according to 

 the multiplicity of the petals, and with from one to four styles. 

 These flowers are produced in such abundance, as to give to 

 the tree the appearance of being clad with roses. 



The leaves are dark green, very finely indented, and ter- 



