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generally moots veryvvcak,unlefs it is 

 budded upon an Apricot : the Flow- 

 ers are large and open : the Fruit is 

 fmall and white, as is alfo the Pulp 

 at the Stone, from which it fepa- 

 rates : it is a little mufky and fugary ; 

 but is only efteemed for its being the 

 firil Sort ripe : it is in eating pretty 

 early in July, and foon becomes 

 mealy. 



2. The red Nutmeg (call'd by the 

 Fr, nch, UA<vant Feche de Troyes J : 

 This Tree has fawed Leaves : the 

 Flowers are large and open : the 

 Fruit is larger and rounder than the 

 white Nutmeg, and is of a bright 

 vermilion Colour : the Flefh is white, 

 and very red at the Stone : it has a 

 rich mufky Flavour, and parts from 

 the Stone: this Peach is well efteem- 

 ed : it ripens toward the End of 

 7«!y. 



3. The early or fmall Mignon 

 (.call'd by the French, La Double de 

 Troyes, or -Mignonette) : This Tree 

 has fmall contracted Flowers : the 

 Fruit is of a middling Size, and 

 round : it is very red on the Side 

 next the Sun : the Flelh is white, 

 and feparates from the Stone, where 

 it is red : the Juice is vinous and 

 rich : it is ripe the End of July, or 

 Beginning of Augujl. 



4. The yellow Alberge : This 

 Tree has fmooth Leaves : the Flow- 

 ers are fmall and contracted : the 

 Fruit is of a middling Size, fome- 

 what long: the Flefh is yellow, and 

 dry : it is feldom well-flavoured, 

 but mould be perfectly ripe before 

 it is gathered; otherwife it is good 

 for little : it is ripe early m Augujl. 



5. The white Magdalen: This 

 Tree has fawed Leaves : the Flowers 

 are large and open : the Wood is 

 generally black at the Pith : the 

 Fruit is round, of a middling Size : 

 the Flefh is white to the Stone, from 

 'which it feparates : the juice is fel- 



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dom high-flavoured : the Stone is 

 very fmall : this ripens early in 



Augujl. 



6. The early Purple (calPd by the 

 French, La Pourpree bati<ve) : This 

 Tree has fmooth Leaves : the Flow- 

 ers are large and open : the Fruit is 

 Jarge, round, and of a fine red 

 Colour: the Flelh is white, but very- 

 red at the Stone; is very full of 

 Juice, which has a rich vinous Fla- 

 vour \ and is by all good Judges 

 efteemed an excellent Peach : this 

 is rips before the Middle of Aw ' 



7. The large or French Mignon: 

 The Leaves of this Tree are fmooth: 

 the Flowers are large and open : 

 the Fruit is a little oblong, and ge- 

 nerally fuelling on one Side : it is of 

 a line Colour: the Juice is very 

 fugary, and of an high Flavour: 

 the Flefh is white, but very red at 

 the Stone, which is fmall : this is 

 ripe in the Middle of Augujl, and is 

 juftly efteemed one of the beft 

 Peaches : this fepqrates from the 

 Stone. This Sort of Peach is ten- 

 der, and will not thrive on a com- 

 mon Stock ; fo is generally budded 

 upon fome vigorous (hooting Peach, 

 or an Apricot, by the Nurfery-men, 

 which enhances the Price of the 

 Trees. But the beft Method is to 

 bud this Peach into fome old healthy- 

 Apricot, which is planted to a South 

 or South -eaft Afpecl, and to cut 

 away the'Aprjcot when the Buds 

 have taken, and made Shoots : upon 

 fome Trees which I have feen, thus 

 managed, there has been a much 

 greater Quantity of fairer, and bet- 

 ter flavoured Fruit, than I have ever 

 obferved in any other Management ; 

 and the Trees have been much more 

 healthy. 



8. The Chevreuje or Belle Che- 

 yrtmfi: This Tree has fmooth 

 Leaves ; the Flowers are fmall and 



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