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Tree has fmooth Leaves : theFlowers 

 are fmall and contracted : the Fruit 

 is of a middling Size refembling the 

 .Admirable, of a pale-red Colour 

 next the Sun : the Flefli is melting, 

 white, and feparates from the Stone, 

 where it is red : the Juice is fugary 

 and rich : this ripens late mScpte/nbtr. 



25. La Pourpree for as the French 

 call it Pourpree tardive, i. e. the late 

 Purple) : This Tree has very large 

 Leaves, which are fawed : the Shoots 

 are very ftrong: the Flowers are. 

 fmall and contracted : the Fruit is 

 large, round, and of a fine purple 

 Colour : the Flefli is white, melting, 

 and feparates from the Stone, where 

 it is red : the Juice is fugary and rich: 

 this ripens late in September. 



26. The Nivette : This Tree has 

 fawed Leaves: the Flowers are fmall 

 and contracted : the Fruit is large, 

 fomewhat longer than round, of a 

 bright-red Colour next the Sun, and 

 of a pale-yellow on the other Side : 

 the Flefli is melting, and full of a 

 rich Juice; and is very red at the 

 Stone, from which it feparates : this 

 is efteemed one of the beft Peaches : 

 it ripens in the middle of September. 



27. The Royal (La Roy ale ) : This 

 Tree has fmooth Leaves : the Flow- 

 ers are fmall and contracted : the 

 Fruit is large, round, and of a deep- 

 red on the Side next the Sun, and of 

 a paler Colour on the other Side : 

 the Flefli is white, melting, and full 

 of a rich Juice : it parts from the 

 Stone, where it is of a deep-red 

 Colour : this ripens the middle of 

 September', and, when the Autumn 

 is fine, is an excellent Peach. 



28. The Perfique: This Tree 

 has fawed Leaves : the Flowers are 

 fmall and contracted : the Fruit is 

 large, oblong, and of a fine red Co- 

 lour next the Sun : the Flefli is 

 melting, and full of a rich Juice; it 

 feparates from the Stone, where it 



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is of a deep-red Colour : the Stalk 

 has a fmall Knot upon it : this makes 

 a fine Tree, and is a good Bearer : it 

 ripens the End of September. Many 

 Gardeners call this the Ninette. 



29. The monftrous Pavy of Pom- 

 ponne (cail'd by the French Le Pahtit 

 rouge de Pomponne ) : the Leaves of 

 this Tree are fmooth : the Flowers 

 are large and open : the Fruit is very 

 large and round, many times four- 

 teen Inches in Circumference : the 

 Flefli is white, melting, and clofely 

 adheres to the Stone, where it is of 

 a deep-red Colour : the Outfide is a 

 beautiful red next the Sun, and of a 

 pale Flefli colour on the other Side : 

 this ripens the End of OJlober, and, 

 when the Autumn is warm, is an ex- 

 cellent Peach. 



30. The Catharine: This Tree 

 has fmooth Leaves : the Flowers are 

 fmall and contracted : the Fruit is 

 large, round, and of a dark-red Co- 

 lour next the Sun: the Flefli is white, 

 melting, and full of a rich Juice : it 

 clofely adheres to the Stone, where 

 it is of a deep-red Colour : it ripens 

 the Beginning of October ; and in 

 very good Seafons is an excellent 

 Peach : but being fo very late ripe, 

 there are not many Situations where 

 it ripens well. 



31. The Bloody Peach (cail'd by 

 the French La Sangainolle J : This 

 Peach is of a middling Size, of a 

 deep-red next the Sun : the Flelh is 

 of a deep- red quite to the Stone; and 

 from thence is, by fome Gardeners, 

 cail'd the Mulberry - peach. This 

 Fruit rarely ripens in England ; fo is 

 not often planted : but this Fruit 

 bakes and preferves excellently ; for 

 which, as alfo the Curiofity, one or 

 two Trees may be planted, where 

 there is Extent of Walling. 



There are fome other Sorts of 

 Peaches which are kept in fome of 

 the Nurferies; but thofe which are 



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