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SECTION" XI.— NECTAKINES. 



The Nectarine is so peculiarly subject to the depredalions of the curculio, that it is little grown, 

 except by amateurs, aud for dessert uses. Hence experience with it is extremely limited; and for 

 these reasons we only express the comparative values of the varieties in the column for dessert. 

 This fruit, in coir.mou with the Almond and the peach, is liable to the killing of the fruit buds in 

 severe winters, excei)t in favorable localities. The starring is given with little regard for this fact. 



SECTION XII.— PEACHES. 



Since the Peach is generally used in its fresh state, or for canning, which is only a mode of pre- 

 serving it in a nearly fresh condition, we have generally omitted to give values in the column 

 headed "cooking." Throughout Central Michigan, except in favorable localities, occasional severe 

 winters prove fatal to the fruit buds of the Peach, and sometimes even to the trees. These facta 

 cannot be properly expressed in the starring, and hence are disregarded. 



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