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PEAXIHES* 



Stone is small in comparison with the size of the fruit. Its pe- 

 riod of ripening is in the month of October. In the more 

 northern chmates, the fruit is sometimes gathered before ma- 

 ture, to preserve it from the frosts, and it is then placed on 

 shelves to ripen in the house. It is also frequently made use 

 of for preserves and compotes. 



MAGDALEN CLINGSTONE. Pr. cat. 

 Pavie hlanc. Duh. 



Pavie Madeleine, or magdeleine, Duh. syn. 



The leaves of this tree are devoid of glands ; its flowers are 

 of a very delicate rose colour, and of large dimensions, being 

 fifteen to sixteen lines in diameter. The fruit is twenty-four 

 to twenty-six lines in height, and twenty-six to twenty-eight 

 in its greatest diameter ; and is sometimes terminated by a 

 very small mamelon. The skin is velvety, and almost entire- 

 ly of a whitish hue, being speckled only with some reddish 

 dots next the sun ; it does not separate from the flesh, which 

 is firm, white, succulent, and of a vinous flavor at perfect ma- 

 turity. The stone is of a brownish red colour, strongly adhe- 

 ring to the flesh, and is thirteen lines in length, by about ten 

 lines in diameter. This fruit ripens in the beginning of 

 September. 



FRENCH BLOOD PEACH. Pr. cat. 



Sanguinol 

 Betterave. 



Sanguinole. Duh. 



^ „ ^ Duh. syn. 

 DruseUe. ^ 



Sanguinole. Bloody peach. For. 

 Scarlet peach. Coxe. 

 Ptche Carotte. Sanguine, or Blood. 

 Bloody peach. Mulberry. 



This is a fruit of moderate size when produced on dry and 

 arid soils, often there not exceeding seventeen to eighteen lines 

 in diameter, and of the same height ; in good soils, however, 

 jt attains to rather larger dimensions. The skin is thick, and 

 separates with diflicnlty from the flesh j it is covered with very 



