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AMYGDALACEiE. II. Persica. 



21 Pitmaston orange^ Williams's orange^ Williams^s seedling.. 

 Leaves with globose glands. Flowers large. Fruit large, 

 orange and dark red, ripening about the end of August. An 

 excellent, hardy, and good bearer. 



22 Scarlet of Forsyth. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers 

 small. Fruit small, fine scarlet and pale red, ripening about the 



ripening throughout September. As a cling-stone nectarine very 

 good. 



8 Imperatrice. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers small. 

 Fruit large, dark red. A first-rate fruit. Hangs and shrivels 



Newing 



9 Newingtoriy late Nemngton (Lang. t. 29.), scarlet Nerving^ 

 torif old NewingtoUf Smith's Newington^ French Newington^ brug^ 

 non de Newington de VAngleterrCy rough Romany red Roman oi 

 some, Sion-hillf Anderdoii's^ Anderson's round. Leaves without 

 ing from the middle to the end of August. A very distinct sort, glands. Flowers large. Fruit large, dark, ripening in Septem- 



end of August. 



23 Hunt's tawny ^ Hunt's early tarvny. Leaves without glands. 

 Flowers small. Fruit middle-sized, orange and dark red, ripen- 



worthy of cultivation for its earliness. 



24 Templets (Lang. t. 30.), Temple. Leaves with reniform 

 glands. Flowers small. Fruit middle-sized, pale green and 

 red, ripening about the beginning of September. A first-rate 

 sort. 



25 Vermashy true vermash. Leaves with reniform glands. 

 Flowers large. Fruit middle-sized, green on one side, and red 

 on the other, ripening about the end of August. A first-rate, 

 but rare sort. 



26 Violette grosse, grosse violette hdtive^ violette de courson, 

 le gros hrugnon in some parts of the continent. Leaves w ith 

 reniform glands. Flowers small. Fruit large, pale greenish 

 and red, ripening in the beginning of September. A first-rate 

 sort, having the flesh very red at the stone. 



27 Violette hdtive (Hooker, t. 15.), violet, early violet, lord 

 Selsey's elruge, Hampton Court, large scarlet, new scarlet, rer- 

 mash of some, petite violette hdtive. Leaves with reniform 



Flowers small. Fruit large, pale green and red, ripen- 

 ing about the end of August. A first-rate sort, forces well. 



28 Violette tardive, violette marhree, violet panachSe» Leaves 

 with reniform glands. Flowers small. 



ber. A good bearer, excellent when beginning to shrivel. 



10 Early Nervington (Forsyth, 27.)) early black Newington, 



black, early black, new early Nervington^ new dark Newington, 



Lucombe's seedling, Lucombe's black. Leaves without glands. 



Flowers large. Fruit large, dark red, ripening in the end of 



August. A first-rate sort, larger than the Newington. 



without glands. Flowers 



11 



Newing t 



Leaves 



large. Fruit large, yellowish brown, red on the sunny side, 

 ripening in the beginning and middle of August. A first-rate 

 sort. 



12 West Dean Newingi 



Leaves without glands. Flowers 



glands. 



large. 



13 Roman, red Roman, old Roman, hrugnon musque (Duham. 

 no. 26.), hrugnon violet musque of some. Leaves with reniform 

 glands. Flowers large. Fruit large, green brown and red, 

 ripening in the beginning and middle of August. A first-rate 



Royal Buckfast. Leaves without glands. Flowers large. 



sort. 



Newingt 



Leaves with reni- 



15 Tawny, late tawny, Murrey __ 



form glands. Flowers small. Fruit middle-sized, brown, and 



29 New white, Neafs ivhite, white, Flanders (Hook. t. 30.), red, ripening in the middle of September. A second-rate sort 



Emmerton^s new white, Cowdray white, large white. Leaves with 

 reniform glands. Flowers large. Fruit large, white, ripening 

 about the beginning of September. In a favourable soil and 

 warm exposure both the new and old white acquire an excellent 

 flavour ; under other circumstances only indifferent. 



30 Old white. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers large. 

 Fruit large, white, ripening in the beginning of August. A first- 

 rate sort. 



f Varieties of nectarines not well known. 



1 Bright red alberge. 



Leaves wath reniform glands. 



2 A r gyle. 



3 Bowden, 



Flowers small. 



Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers large 



tardif. 



5 Ford's seedling. 



Leaves with reniform glands 



/3 



Called in French peches- 



violetles, and in English cling-stone nectarines. 



List of cling-stone nectarines. 



b ■ 



1 Alton's seedling. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers 

 small. Fruit large, dark brown, red on the sunny side, ripening 

 in the beginning and middle of September. A second-rate fruit. 



2 Brugnon, Italian. (Lang, t. 29.) Leaves with reniform 

 glands. Flowers small. Fruit large, greenish, but dark red on 

 the sunny side, ripening in August. A second-rate fruit. 



8 Brugnon hdtif, early brugnon. Leaves with reniform 

 glands. Flowers small. 



4 Brugnon violet musque, brugnon musque (Duham. 26.), 

 hrugnon, red Roman. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers 

 large. Fruit middle-sized, pale yellow, but red on the exposed 

 side. A second-rate fruit. Ripens in September. 



6 Fox's seedling. 



7 Freeman's. . 



8 Late French. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers small. 



Flowers small. 



9 Lyndoch. Leaves with reniform glands. 



Flowers small. 



large. 



10 P holla. Leaves with reniform glands. 



1 1 Please' s seedling. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers 



12 Sands' s seedling. Leaves without glands. Flowers large 



13 Small orange. 



14 Spring-grove. 

 small. 



Leaves with globose glands 

 Leaves^ with reniform glands. 



Flowers 



1 Fairchild's early. 

 Red Roman. 



follow. Such 



15 Veitch's. Leaves without glands. 



>/ sorts. Forsyth recommends for a small garden ; 



2 Elruge. 3 Scarlet. 4 Newington. ^ 



6 Temple.—Those of the Dalkeith garden are as 



as are marked with a f are planted ag-'^^^ ^ "^' 



wall. 1 Roman \. 2 Dm Tellier's-f. S Elrvgef 



4 Brug- 



large. 



(F 



«....t- 6 Temple's f. 6 Murrey f. 7 Fairchild's. 8 Scarlet f. 

 9 Claremont f. The surest way of having superior kinds is to 



select according to quality from the catalogue given. 



Insects. '* On account of the smoothness of the skin of tn 



fruit," Forsyth says, " it suffers more from the wood-louse, ear- 



__ , ^ ^ _ wigs, &c. than the peach; it will therefore be necessary to hang 



second-rate fruit, ripening in the beginning or middle of Sep- up a greater number of bundles of bean-stalks about these than 



6 Golden (Lang. t. 29.), ^ne gold-fleshed, orange. Leaves 

 with reniform glands. Flowers small. Fruit middle-sized, yel- 

 low, but red on the exposed side. Flesh orange-coloured. A 



tember. 



about any other fruit trees. Wasps 



7 Pincers golden. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers nectarines, and the trees are 

 large. Fruit large, orange, but dark red on the exposed side, red spider." 



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