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Flowers are fmajl and contracted : 

 the Fruit is of a pale-yellow, and 

 melting ; bat adheres to the Scone, 

 where it is very red : the Juice, is 

 very vinous: this ripens the Begin- 

 ning of September. 



I 7. The Sourdine : This Tree has 

 fmooth Leaves : the Flowers are 

 fmall and contracted : the Fruit is 

 large, round, and of a fine red Co- 

 lour next the Sun r the Fiem is 

 white, melting, and feparates from 

 the Stone, where it is of a fine red 

 Colour : the Juice is vinous and rich: 

 this ripens the Beginning of Septem- 

 ber, and is greatly efteemed by the 

 Curious. The Tree bears plenti- 

 fully, and will produce Fruit in 

 Standards very well. 



1 8. The Rnffiinna : This Tree has 

 fmooth Leaves : the Flowers are 

 fmall and contracted : the Fruit is 

 large, a little more long than the 

 Alberge : the Flcftt is yellow, and 

 feparates from the Stone, where it 

 is red : the Juice is rich and vinous: 

 this ripens the Beginning of Septem- 

 ber, and is efteemed a good Peach. 

 This is the fame with what fome 

 call the Purple, and others the red 

 Alberge, it being of a fine purple 

 Colour on the Side next the Sun. 



19. The Admirable : This Tree 

 has fmooth Leaves : the Flowers 

 are fmall and contracted : the Fruit 

 is large, round, and red on the Side 

 next the Sun : the Fleih is white, 

 melting, and feparates from the 

 S'.one, where it is of a deep-red Co- 

 lour : the Juice is fugary and rich : 

 this ripens the Beginning of Sep- 

 tember. This is by fome calTd the 

 early Admirable : but is certainly 

 what the French call V Admirable ; 

 and they have no other of this Name 

 which ripens later. 



20. The old Newington: This 

 Tree has £awed Leaves : tfce Ffow- 

 gro ?re large and open : the Fruit is 



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fair and large, of a beautiful red 

 Colour next the Sun : the Flefh is 

 white, melting, and clofely adheres 

 to the Stone, where it is of a deep- 

 red Colour ; the Juice is very rich 

 and vinous. This is efteemed one 

 of the belt Sort of "avies r it ripens 

 about the Middle of September. 



2 1 . The Rambouillet (commonly 

 call'd the Rumbullion ) : This Tree 

 has fmooth Leaves : the Flowers are 

 large and open : the Fruit is of a 

 middling Size, rather round than 

 long, deeply divided by a Sulcus or . 

 Furrow in the Middle : it is of a fine 

 red Colour next the Sun ; but of a 

 light -yellow next the Wall: the 

 Flcfh is melting, of a bright-yellow 

 Colour,and feparates from the Stone, 

 where it is of a deep red Colour : 

 the Juice is rich, and of a vinous 

 Flavour : this ripens the Middle of 

 September, and is a good Bearer. 



22. The Bel/is (which I believe 

 tf> be what the French call La Belle 

 de Vitry): The Leaves of this Tree 

 are fawed : the Flowers are fmall 

 and contracted : the Fruit is of a 

 middle Size, round, and of a pale- 

 red next the Sun : the Flem. is white, 

 and adheres to the Stone, where it 

 is red : the Juice is vinous and rich : 

 this ripens in the middle of Septem- 

 ber. 



23. The Portugal: This Tree 

 has fmooth Leaves : the Flowers arc 

 large and open : the Fruit is large, 

 and of a beautiful red Colour to- 

 ward the Sun : the Skin is generally 

 fpotted : the Flefli is firm, white, 

 and clofely adheres to the Stone, 

 where it is of a faint-red Colour : 

 the Stone is fmall, but full of deep 

 Furrows : the Juice is rich and vi- 

 nous : this ripens the Middle of Sep- 

 tember. 



24. Le Tetorr Venus (or Venus 's 

 Breaft), fo call'd from its having a 

 Riling like a Dug, or Bubby : This 



Tree 



