PEACHES. 



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longs that it is like. The middle of September is the usual 

 time of ripening. 



Leaves crenated, with reniform glands ; flowers small, red- 

 dish ; fruit large, oval, with a very distinct channel on one 

 side ; cavity at the footstalk rather small ; skin not very downy, 

 dark crimson next the sun, pale yellow next the wall, finely 

 mottled towards the union of the two colours — it peels freely ; 

 flesh pale yellow, very deep red from the stone half-way 

 through, melting, very juicy and rich, with a vinous flavour — 

 it parts freely from the stone, but leaves some fibres behind ; 

 stone oblong, tapering to the base, pointed at summit, with a 

 surface almost like that of a clingstone. A capital sort. 



The French Chancellor of the nurseries, and of the London 

 Horticultural Society's Fruit Catalogue, No. 41 , is propably not 

 distinct from this. The name appears to have originated in 

 a nursery in the North of England. — Pom, Mag, 



FRENCH CHANCELLOR. Pr. cat. 

 Chancellor. N. Duh. 



Veritable Chancelliere a grande fieur, O. Duh. 

 Chancellor, 



This variety has large flowers ; the fruit is twenty-two lines 

 in height, and twenty-four in diameter — it is divided into two 

 unequal sections by a longitudinal furrow, which is deepest at 

 its base ; and it is terminated by a very small mamelon ; the 

 skin is a fine red next the sun ; the flesh is melting, sweet, and 

 of very pleasant flavour. This peach is at maturity the begin- 

 ning of September. 



EARLY PURPLE. Pr. cat. 

 Pourprie hative. N. Duh. 



Veritable Pourpr^e hative a grande fieur, O. Duh. 



The flowers of this tree are large and bright red ; the fruit 

 is twenty-five to twenty-seven lines in diameter, and twenty-three 



