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measuring thirty-one lines in the former, and twenty-eight lines 

 in the latter direction ; the longitudinal groove which sepa- 

 rates it into two sections, forms this division in such a manner 

 that one side of the groove is commonly flattened, whilst the 

 other is swollen and more conspicuous, the summit is termi- 

 nated by a small nipple scarcely apparent, and in most cases 

 the fruit presents numerous protuberances scattered over its 

 surface ; the skin is thick, velvety, whitish where shaded, and 

 somewhat coloured next the sun — it separates pretty readily 

 from the flesh, which is white, except around the stone, where 

 the colour is rather a dark red ; it is melting, full of juice, of 

 ^ vinous, sweet, and excellent taste ; the stone separates tolera- 

 bly well from the flesh, although some particles remain at- 

 tached to it; it is of a reddish brown colour, large, seventeen 

 lines in length, including a point of more than a line long ; 

 and an inch in diameter. This peach ripens at the end of 

 September or the beginning of October. 



ROYAL GEORGE. Pk. cat. Pom. mag. 



Royal George, of the English nurseries. Hort. Soc. fruit, cat. 

 Red Magdalen, ^ 



MilleWs Mignonne, > of the English nurseries. 

 Lockyer^s Mignonne, ) 



Madeleine rouge a petites Jleurs, of the French. 



The Pomological Magazine gives the following detailed 

 description of this valuable freestone variety. 



" This and the sort usually sold in the nurseries under the 

 name of Red Magdelen, are the same. The Red Magdalen 

 of Miller (Madeleine de Courson of the French) is less com- 

 mon, but is easily distinguished, not so much by its fruit as by 

 its flowers, which are large. Ripens in the end of August or 

 beginning of September, and is a proper sort for a peach- 

 house. 



" The Royal George and Red Magdalen are different, say 

 some, because the former is subject to mildew ; others say there 

 is a difference, because the latter is the one the most subject to 



