276 PEACH. 



paratively small; the juice plentiful, and richly 

 vinous. The tree is remarkably exempt from the 

 attack of mildew ; while the red Magdalen, the 

 Royal George, &c. are suffering, the violet hative 

 standing in the same quarter escapes entirely. 



For a small garden it is well calculated : to which 

 if there be added a French mignon, a noblesse, and 

 an old Newington, a succession of peaches of the 

 best quality may be had in due season. 



The violet hative has been most erroneously con- 

 founded with the Bellegarde. No one acquainted 

 with the two kinds could possibly fall into such a 

 mistake, because they require different stocks. The 

 Bellegarde will not take on the muscle plum stock, 

 while the violet hative does so most freely ; which 

 is a certain sign that the trees are constitutionally 

 different. 



In French catalogues there are two violet peaches ; 

 the hative (early) as above, and tardive (late). The 

 latter is peche violet of Miller, 



15. Old Royal George P. — Usually ripe about 

 the beginning of September. No peach hitherto 

 introduced into this kingdom has been held in higher 

 estimation, or more universally planted than this. 

 The leaves are deeply sawed, though not so much so 

 as some others ; the flower small ; fruit full middle 

 size, globular, with a deep lateral furrow; colour 

 dark red on the exposed side, and paler behind. 

 The skin is thickly downy, with numerous x'ed spots 

 peculiar to this fruit. The pulp is delicately melting, 

 yellowish, and separates freely from, the stone, which 



