218 Observations on the Peaches, fyc. 



No. 4, which Mr. Knight has named the Spring Grove 

 Peach, possesses qualities which are quite new, and so excel- 

 lent, as must place it in the highest rank of its species. Of 

 its colours, the yellow is bright, and the red dark ; the flesh, 

 though firm, is not hard ; it melts in the mouth, and resem- 

 bles a Nectarine much in consistence as well as taste, having 

 a remarkably rich, brisk, and vinous flavour. The speci- 

 mens were small in size, and the stone rather large in 

 proportion : it parts readily from the flesh, which has a 

 greenish cast, with a tinge of red at the centre. It may, 

 shortly, be described, as a Nectarine, possessing many of 

 the properties, and all the appearance of a Peach. 



The Acton Scott Peach has been described, and figured, in 

 our Transactions of the preceding year.* It is very rich in 

 flavour, juicy, and sweet : the flesh parts from the stone, 

 which is small. It is an excellent fruit, and its disposition to 

 ripen well, and perfectly, at Downton, will ensure it a place 

 in all collections, when the climate is not propitious to the 

 more tender sorts. 



* See page 142 of this Volume. 



