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PEACHES. 



diameter, and seventeen in height, divided by a shallow longi- 

 tudinal groove, and terminated by a large pointed and curved 

 mamelon ; the skin, which is covered with thick down, is yel- 

 low on the side that is shaded, and coloured with dark red on 

 the side exposed to the sun ; the flesh is melting, of a fine 

 golden yellow colour, tinged with red around the stone, and 

 of a sweet flavour ; the stone is brownish red, terminating in 

 an obtuse point, and about seven lines long and six broad. 

 In early seasons this fruit is in eating at the end of July, and 

 in ordinary years towards the middle of August. I have no 

 doubt the title adopted and the synonymes apply to the same 

 fruit, and I have been guided by my own judgment in their 

 arrangement. 



MADELEINE DE COURSON. Pom. mag. Pr. cat. 

 Lel. Pom. Fk. p. 292, G.Lind. in Hoet. trans, vol. v. p. 539. 



HORT. See. FRUIT. CAT. NO. 84. 



Med Magdalen of Courson. Pr. cat. 25 ed. 



Madeleine Rouge, or Madeleine de Courson, Duh. Nois. Jard. 



Bon Jard. 1828. 

 Magdelene rouge de Courson, of French writers and catalogues. 



Puysanne, ^ of the French. 



Rouge Paysanne, ^ 



Red Magdalen, Miller's Diet. ed. 8. 



An excellent freestone variety, ripening in the end of Au- 

 gust or beginning of September, about the time of the Grosse 

 Mignonne. It is very diflerent from the Red Magdalen peach 

 of the (English) nurseries, which is a larger fruit, with more 

 colour, and small flowers. The tree is rather subject to mil- 

 dew. According to Mr. Lindley, this is the true Red Mag- 

 dalen peach of Miller. It is remarkable for its fine, rich, 

 vinous flavour. 



Leaves dark green, coarsely and doubly serrated, glandless ; 

 flowers large, pale blush ; fruit small, globular, flattened, deeply 

 cleft on one side ; colour pale yellow, with a blush of clear 

 pink where exposed ; flesh quite white, not stained at the stone, 

 from which it parts freely — very melting, juicy, vinous, and 

 rich ; stone blunts rather large for so small a fruit.— i'ewi. Mug. 



