PEACH. 



Chelsea, who kept all his trees in tubs or boxes, like 

 orange trees, for years, and supported in such con* 

 fined situations, chiefly by the use of soft manured 

 water. House droppings and a little soot, were the 

 only substances employed to enrich the liquid. 

 Mr. Brown's favourite sorts, for forcing and growing 

 in this manner, were the French mignon, early 

 admirable, Millet's mignon, violet hative, and for 

 later fruit, the Bellegarde or Galiand. The noblesse 

 he considered too large for his mode of forcing. The 

 writer has often had good success with dwarfs and 

 half-standards potted early in autumn, and after- 

 wards plunged in dry soil to stand the winter ; being 

 also in a sheltered situation, these trees produced 

 fair crops, and which ripened eight days sooner than 

 those on the walls. The kinds that did best under 

 such treatment, were the violet hative, Millet's mig- 

 nonne, and Montaban. Millet was an eminent fruit 

 grower near Brentford, and raised his mignonne 

 from a seed of the French mignon. 



18. Noblesse P. — Ripe at the beginning of Sep- 

 tember. This sort, from being a universal favourite, is 

 also called the noblest. The leaves are deeply sawed, 

 the flowers large, fruit full-sized, and nearly globular ; 

 colour marbled red on the exposed side, and light 

 yellow next the wall. The flesh is yellowish, melt- 

 ing, and parts from the stone, at which there is a 

 tinge of red ; the juice is abundant, and of a pecu- 

 liarly fine flavour. 



The tree is a free grower and good bearer ; and if 

 only three trees be wanted for a small garden, this 



