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ish colour next the wall ; it is a good bearer and not liable to 

 be blighted. The flesh is full of rich juice. It ripens about 

 the latter end of August, or beginning of September^. 



8. The Yellow Alberge is of a tolerable size and good 

 taste, but should be perfectly ripe before it is gathered ; other- 

 wise it is good for nothing. It is ripe about the middle of 

 August. 



9. The White Magdalen. This peach is seldom high- 

 flavoured, unless it be forced, and then it is excellent. It ri- 

 pens about the middle of August. 



10. The Early Purple* This fruit is large, of a fine red 

 colour, and full of rich vinous juice^ It is an excellent peach, 

 and is ripe about the latter end of August. 



1 1. The Large, or French Mignonne, is a beautiful large 

 red peach, and has a sweet high-flavoured juice. This is 

 one of the best French peaches, and is ripe the latter end of 

 August. 



12. The Bourdine is a pretty large fruit, of a fine red 

 towards the sun ; the juice is rich and vinous ; the tree is a 

 good bearer, especially when old, and the fruit highly esteem- 

 ed. It is ripe about the middle of September. This tree 

 will do very well in standards, and produces plenty of good 

 fruit. 



13. The Chevreuse, or Belle Chevreuse. This is a good 

 peach : it is of a middling size, and of a beautiful red colour ; 

 the juice is rich and sweet. It ripens about the beginning of 

 September, and is a plentiful bearer. 



14. The Red Magdalen is large, and full of rich sugary 

 juice of excellent flavour. It is a very good peach, and ripens 

 in the beginning of September. 



15. The Early Newington, or Smith's Newington, is of 

 a beautiful red colour towards the sun, full of a sugary juice, 

 and ripens in the beginning of September. 



16. The Mountauban is of a deep red, inclining to pur- 

 ple, next the sun ; but pale towards the wall. It has a fine 

 melting flesh, with a rich juice; and the tree is a plentiful 

 bearer. It is ripe in the latter end of August. 



17. The Malta Peach. This is of a fine red next the sun. 

 and has a white melting flesh ; the tree is a good bearer, and 

 the fruit ripens in the beginning of September. 



* This handsome peach, I am told, was, with some others, sent from 

 France to her Majesty, upwards of twenty years ago. I have therefore taken 

 the liberty to give it the above name, that it may not be confounded with Mr. 

 Grimwood's Kensington Peach. When I came to Kensington, in 1784, I found 

 it mentioned in the Catalogue as a new peach from France. 



