NECTARINES AND PEACHES OX TUB SAME BRANCH. 2&5 ' 



by the lute Dr. Richardson, and many other horticulturists 

 of that extensive county. 



The third instance is commemorated by a painting of the ^d. 

 celebrated Ehret, now in the possession of Messrs. Lee and 

 Kennedy: being accompanied with a dissection of the two 

 fruits, which are the alberge jaune, sometimes called the 

 orange peach, it is very satisfactory. 



The fourth instance was noticed more lately in the garden 4th. 

 of William Gilpin, Esq., East Sheen; of this likewise a paint- 

 ing, but without dissections, has been made by Mr. Hooker, 

 nor can I from it ascertain the variety. 



The fifth instance was discovered early in June last, on 5th. 

 the wall of Sir John Arundel at Huntingdon : having never 

 seen one, I went there immediately, and after detaching the 

 branch carefully from the wall, soon satisfied myself that no 

 bud had been inserted: there was however only a single nec- 

 tarine upon the tree, which the gardener said was the belle 

 chevreuse, and a pretty accurate sketch of the branch is an- 

 nexed *. 



The sixth instance was in Mr. Wilmot's garden at Isle- $th. 

 worthy which I also saw in August last, and learnt that his Tree usua u r 

 tree, which is the royal George, seldom fails to produce producing 

 fruits with both smooth and downy coats, or in fact peaches ° ' 

 and nectarines: two only of the latter then remained, and 

 had been much damaged by snails. 



I forbear to recite any others, these being more than sum- instance of th< 

 cient to establish the truth; but my inquiries fori nuately two fruits 

 terminated with the singular example now before you, of 

 both fruits joined in one. I have to thauk Dr. Batty for 

 it, who accidentally observed it among a number of peaches, 

 sent to him by James Wyatt, Esq., from the neighbour- 

 hood of Hounslow, during our vacation; and as it was 

 already beginning to decay, this only method of preserving 

 it for your inspection was not neglected. 



* On this branch, the bearing wood of which is about a foot in length, 

 there are two peaches, eight inches distant from each other, and between, 

 them is a nectarine. I did not think it necessary, to hare it reengraved. 

 A figure is likewise given of the fruit next mentioned, one part smooth, 

 the o the: downy. 



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