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310] 4. The Admirable Peach, a very large and comely fruit, of an agreeable mixture of colours; its pulp, though rather firm, has a delicate taste; contains a sweet, vinous juice, of a fine flavour; and is pale-red near the stone: it becomes eatable about the middle of September.

5. The White Magdalen.—See above, No. 14.

6. The Genoese Peach.—See No. 13.

7. The Charlestown Ananas Peach.—See No. 12.

8. The Small Charlestown Ananas Peach, agrees in colour and other respects with that of a larger size; and, though of inferior growth, it excels in taste, and partakes more of the Pine-apple flavour.

9. The same Peach of the smaller kind.

10. The same, of the larger sort.

11. The Genoese Peach.

12. The Great, Red, Naked Early Peach, the top of which is of a very dark-red hue, and the lower part greenish-yellow; its mellow pulp partakes of a yellow tint, but is rose-red around the stone; of an agreeably sweet vinous taste, and excellent flavour; arriving at perfection in the beginning of September.

13. The Noble Peach is large, spherical, marbled; of a purple tint; has a luscious taste; is faintly red about the stone; and ripens ip September.

14. The Giant Nectarine (Pavie monstreuse, ou de Pomponne) is the largest of all the peaches, and a true ornament to the dessert; as it displays a beautiful red tint on a white ground. Its pulp is white, though red in the parts next the stone, and contains a vinous, sweet juice; but requires a favourable summer, a mild autumn, and the warmest situation in the espalier: it is mature in October.

15. The Chancellor's Peach, a very large, somewhat oblong fruit, marked with a deep furrow, and a small wart; having a fine skin, beautifully red on the south side: its pulp is delicate, and yields a saccharine juice. It may be eaten in the beginning of September.

16. The Princess's Peach, or Large French Mignonne, one of the most handsome and delicious fruits, of a dark-red and greenish-yellow cast; having a white, melting, and agreeable pulp; containing a sweetish, vinous juice; and being in season about the middle of September.

III. Plantation along the Western side of the Orchard, for raising Cherries, Plums, and early Grapes.

1. The Large Glass-Cherry, is the most bulky of those early productions, and one of the finest bright-red morels; having a white juice and a short stalk: its pungent taste is accompanied with an agreeable sweetness; and the fruit ripens in the beginning of July.

2. The Black Perdrigon, a large oblong plum, of a dark-blue colour mingled with faint yellow, and covered with a strong bloom: its light-yellow pulp is firm, yet delicious to the palate; abounds with a sweet, aromatic juice; and the fruit may be gathered towards the end of August.

3. The Large Montmorency is one of the best glass-cherries, flatly compressed below; with a thick, short, and deeply-inserted stalk: the pulp is yellowish, of a delicate taste; yields an agreeably-acidulated juice, and is in perfection about the latter part of July. 4. The