PEACHES. 



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French differs only in being somewhat larger, rather longer, 

 and not so much hollowed on the summit. 



A beautiful, melting, delicious variety, ripening in the be- 

 ginning of September. One of the finest peaches in culti- 

 vation. 



Leaves crenated, with globose glands ; flowers large, dark 

 purplish-red ; fruit large, depressed, and hollowed at the sum- 

 mit, with a moderately deep suture on one side, and a wide 

 cavity at the base — the side marked by the suture is shorter 

 than the opposite one ; skin rather thinly clad with down ; co- 

 lour rich deep red next the sun, thickly mottled on a yellow 

 ground towards the shade ; flesh pale yellow, rayed with red 

 next the stone, from which it parts freely, melting, juicy, with 

 a rich vinous flavour ; stone small for the size of the fruit, 

 , ovate, very rugged. — Pom. Mag. 



LATE MIGNONNE. Auth. 



Mignonne tardive. N. Duh, 



This peach greatly resembles the Grosse Mignonne, the tree 

 like that variety produces large flowers,which are of a delicate rose 

 colour, and seventeen to eighteen lines in diameter ; the essential 

 distinction is in the glands of the leaves, which are reniform, 

 instead of being globular, and in the fruit, which is not sensi- 

 bly hollowed at the summit, but is terminated by a very distinct 

 nipple or mamelon, although it is very small ; the fruit is of 

 fine size, and measures twenty-six to thirty lines in its greatest 

 diameter, and twenty-five to twenty-eight in height ; the flesh 

 is white, somewhat coloured with red around the stone, very 

 melting, replete with juice of a sweet, rich, and vinous flavour, 

 and as pleasant as that of the Grosse Mignonne ; the stone 

 detaches itself pretty easily from the flesh, and is of a reddish 

 brown colour, fourteen lines or a little more in length, and 

 nine in its greatest diameter. This is an excellent fruit ripen- 

 ing in the earliest part of September, and sometimes at the end 

 of August in an early season, but always eight to ten days 



