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3. The early or small Mignon (Double de Troyes, or Mignonette: Duh. n. 3. t. 4.) the fruit is of 
a middling size, and round; it is very red on the side next the sun; the flesh is white, and separates 
from the stone, where it is red; the juice is vinous and rich. It is ripe the end of July, or beginning 
of August. 
4. The yellow Alberge: (Duh. n. 5. t. 5.) the fruit is of a middling size, somewhat long; the flesh 
is yellow and dry; it is seldom well flavoured, but should be perfectly ripe before it is gathered, 
otherwise it is good for little. It is ripe early in August. 
5. The white Magdalen: (Duh. n. 8. t. 6.) the fruit is round, of a middling size; the flesh is white 
to the stone, from which it separates; the juice is seldom high flavoured; the stone is very small. 
This ripens early in August. 
6. The early purple , (La Fourpree liative: (Duh. n. 12. t. 8.) the fruit is large, round, and of a 
fine red colour; the flesh is white, but very red at the stone; is very full of juice, which has a rich 
vinous flavour, and is bv all good judges esteemed an excellent Peach. This is ripe before the 
middle of August. 
7. The large or French Mignon: (Grosse Mignonne: Duh. n. 14. 1.10.) the fruit is a little oblong, 
and generally swelling on one side; it is of a fine colour; the juice is very sugary, and of a high 
flavour; the flesh is white, but very red at the stone, which is small. This is ripe in the middle of 
August, and is justly esteemed one of the best Peaches, as it separates from the stone. This sort 
of Peach is tender, and will not thrive on a commons tock, so is generally budded upon some vigorous 
shooting peach, or an Apricot, by the nurserymen, which enhances the price of the trees. But 
the best method is to bud this Peach into some old healthy Apricot, which is planted to a south or 
south-east aspect, and to cut away the Apricot when the buds have taken, and made shoots: upon 
some trees which I have seen thus managed, there has been a much greater quantity of fairer, and 
better flavoured fruit than I have ever observed elsewhere, and the trees have been much more 
healthy. 
8. The Chevreuse: (Belle Chevreuse: Duh. n. 18.) the fruit is of a middling size, a little 
oblong, of a fine red colour; the flesh is white, but very red at the stone, from which it separates; 
it is very full of a rich sugary juice, and ripens towards the end of August. This is a very good 
bearer, and may be ranged with the good Peaches. 
9. The red Magdalen: (Madeleine de Courson: Duh. n. 10. t. 7-) the fruit is large and round, of 
a fine red colour; the flesh is white, but very red at the stone, from which it separates; the juice is 
very sugary, and of an exquisite flavour. The fruit is ripe the end of August. 
10. The early Newington, or Smith's Newington: (very like, if not the same, with what the French 
call Le Pavie blane. Duh. n. 9.) the fruit is of a middling size, is of a fine red on the side next the 
sun; the flesh is firm and white, but very red at the stone, to which it closely adheres. It has a 
sugary juice, and is ripe the end of August. 
11. The Montauban: the fruit is of a middling size, of a deep led, inclining to puiple next the 
sun, but of a pale colour toward the wall; the flesh is melting and white to the stone, fiom which 
it separates; the juice is rich, and the tree is a good bearer. It ripens the middle of August. 
12. The Malta: (which is very like, if not the same, with the Italian Peach. Duh. n. 11.) the 
fruit is of a middling size, of a fine red next the sun; the flesh is white and melting, but red at the 
stone, from which it separates; the stone is flat and pointed: the tree is a good bearer. This ripens 
the end of August. 
13. The Noblesse: the fruit is large, of a bright red next the sun; the flesh is white and melting, 
and separates from the stone, where it is of a faint red colour; the juice is very rich in a good 
season. It ripens the end of August, or beginning of September. 
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