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White Blossomedy see White Blossomed Incompar- 

 able. 



Williams's Early Purple (Williams's Seedling). — 

 Leaves serrated, glandless, flowers small, flesh melt- 

 ing, colour palish green and darkish red, size large, 

 quality first-rate, season end of August. Scarcely 

 different from Royal Charlotte. 



Withams Seedling, — Leaves serrated, glandless, 

 flowers large. 



SELECTIONS. 



For Pot Cidture and Forcing in general. — Grosse 

 Mignonne, Noblesse, Royal George, and Bellegarde. 



For Walls in Scottish Highlands, — Barrington, 

 Bellegarde, Bourdine, Chancellor, Grosse Mignonne, 

 Malta, Noblesse, Yellow Alberge. 



For Walls in N, of England and S. of Scotland, — 

 In addition to the foregoing, Catherine, Ford's Seed- 

 ling, Late Admirable, Royal George, Smith's New- 

 ington. 



For Walls in S. and Midland E^igland, — In addi- 

 tion to the above, Early Anne and Madeline de Cour- 

 son. 



For Standards. — Rosanna and Yellow Alberge. 



The best Varieties are Royal George, Bellegarde, 

 Noblesse, Chancellor, Late xldmirable, Catherine, 

 Grosse Mignonne, Royal Charlotte and Barrington. 



CHARACTERISTICS OF EXCELLENCE. 



In England, the melting peaches, the flesh of which 

 freely leave their stones, are much preferred ; but in 

 France, the Pavies or Clingstones, of which the flesh 



