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middle size, longish shape, and somewhat irregu- 

 larly formed. The colour marbled red where ex- 

 posed, and greenish yellow where shaded. The pulp 

 is yellowish and firoi, red at the stone, to which it 

 adheres, but yielding a very finely-flavoured juice. 

 The tree is healthy, prolific, and ripens its fruit 

 well either against an east or west wall. It takes 

 freely on the muscle stock : and, in the summer 

 management, care must be taken to have the young 

 wood well ripened. 



30. Old Newington P. — Ripens from the middle 

 to the end of September. This, from its name, may 

 be deemed a real English pavie ; but how it origi- 

 nated is unknown. It is mentioned by Parkinson 

 about the middle of the seventeenth century, and 

 has been much esteemed ever since. The leaves are 

 large, and doubly serrated ; the flowers large and 

 pale, like those of the preceding. The fruit are 

 large and round, of a beautiful red next the sun 3 and 

 yellowish-green behind. The pulp has a tinge of 

 red, is substantial, and adheres to the stone like the 

 Brugnon nectarine. Juice very abundant, rich, and 

 of a peculiar vinous flavour. 



Miller complains of its being but an indifferent 

 bearer, but ascribes this defect to the right cause, 

 viz, too deep planting on heavy soils ; hence luxu- 

 riant growth, and too much pruning. If moderate 

 growth be induced by a dry soil and shallow plant- 

 ing, the summer shoots may be thoroughly ripened, 

 in which case there need be no fear of barrenness. 

 This peach takes freely on the muscle stock, on 



