AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA 
OF HORTICULTURE. 
Nectarine—continued. 
tion, are best kept down by a frequent use of the syringe, 
or, better still, the garden engine, and by the damping 
of the soil, more especially near hot-water pipes. Ear- 
wigs and Ants are at times most destructive to ripe 
fruits; the former may be trapped in hollow pieces of 
beanstalk, placed amongst the branches, and the Ants 
may be greatly reduced by frequently disturbing their 
nests, and pouring water or dusting a little soot amongst 
them. See also Peach. 
Sorts. Nectarines and Peaches cannot, as a rule, be 
properly distinguished by the appearance and flavour of 
the fruit alone; consequently, other characteristics, ob- 
servable in the different varieties, are adopted by pomo- 
logists, to form classes into which the whole number 
may, according to their several distinctions, be placed, 
The chief characters on which the classes are founded 
are: (1) the size of the flowers; (2) the fact of the 
fruit having a melting flesh, and parting freely from 
the stone, or a firm fiesh which adheres to the stone ; 
(3) the absence or presence of glands at the base of 
the leaf, or on the petiole (their shape being given 
in the latter case), and on the leaves being either 
serrated or crenated. Varieties with free, melting flesh, 
are termed Freestone, and those with firm flesh are 
classed as Clingstone. The former are far more nume- 
rous than, and superior to, the latter, which, in conse- 
quence, are not much cultivated. An entire fruit, and 
also a section with the stone left intact, of a Olingstone 
FIG. 661. CLINGSTONE NECTARINE. 
Nectarine, are represented in Fig. 661. The flesh adheres 
to the stone by the stringy-like substance shown in the 
illustration. It is also similar in fruits of Clingstone 
Peaches. The different shapes of glands, and the size of 
the flowers, termed respectively “large” and “ small, 
are, at times, so near alike as only to be with difficulty 
distinguished from each other. The following is a selec- 
tion of the best and most esteemed Nectarines, all of 
them belonging to the Freestone class. 
Albert. Flowers large. Fruit very large, roundish, ripening 
early in September EN yellow, pale red near the stone, of 
excellent flavour; skin greenish-white, pale red next the sun, 
Leaves crenate, with kidney-shaped glands. A fine variety, re- 
quiring a warm position, or glass protection. a 
Albert Victor. Flowers small. Fruit large, flattened at the 
crown, and mottled with red next the sua, Hpening outside 
about the middle of September ; flesh juicy, and of brisk flavour, 
very red near the stone. Glands round. . 
Balgowan. Flowers small. Fruit very large, broadest at the 
ee W begi es e 
n the s ide, ripening a $ , 
flesh rich and online b Teabes erenate ; g kidney-shaped. 
A remarkably vigorous and hardy variety. EA 
Byron. FI large. Fruit large, roun rich orange- 
yellow, mottled 3 tender, and richl ono — 
outside from the middle to the latter end of September. 
with kidney-shaped glands. 
~“ roundish. red 
Flowers small. Fruit large, r {agp irea big 
on the exposed side, ripening in oe ae as : N 9 
h pal een, melting, juicy, i 
glands” kianer shaped. A vigorous-growing and good bearing 
ety. . 4 : 
Aruge. small. Fruit of medium size, roundish or some- 
what eal ane violet-red next the sun, pale green in the shade, 
Nectarine—continued. 
covered with small brow-iish ri ugust 
and at the beginning of lan Sas flesh whitish, melting, and 
Nectarines in cultivation. It is an Som 
n rom Elruge 
The fruits are exactly like those of the last-named 
are ripe about the same time, or a little earlier, than e. 
Hardwicke. Flowers 1 Fruit ve largh 
dark 3 next the sun, ripening : po * 
eenish, with reddish tin next the sto 
a te Leaves serrated, without glands, 4 bard 3 
. variety. $ 
Humboldt. Flowers large. Fruit large, with pointed a 
bright 1 streaked and mottled with 2 — onthe 
exposed. side, ripening at the latter part of August; flesh 
orange colour, tender, and richly flavoured. Glands round, A 
fine free-bearing variety of the Orange Nectarines. 
Hunts Tawny, Flowers small. Fruit medium, or rather 
small, pale orange, deeply coloured next the sun, marked with 
small russety specks, ripening about the middle of August; flesh 
deep yellow or orange, red next the stone, melting and juicy, 
Leaves serrated, glandless. A useful early variety, of 
constitution. 
Lord Napier. Flowers large. Fruit 9 ovate, depressed 
at the apex, of a deep very dark crimson colour on every part 
exposed, "peas outside early in August ; flesh white, tender, 
and of a and excellent flavour. Glands kidne — 
This is one of the largest and best, and, withal, the 
Med y of Nectarine. It was raised by Mr, Rivers, of Saw- 
Newton. Flowers small. Fruit large, bright red or greenish- 
yellow, mottled according to exposure, ripening in September ; 
flesh nearly white, richly flavoured. Glands kidney-shaped. A 
handsome variety, 
‘ Flowers large. Fruit large, terminating 
p. 
le, deep orange, 
ing at the end of 
ith much richer flavour, ripening early in Se 
on „ n G by Mr. Shee oat is one of 
the best Nectarines gro 
Prince of Wales. Flowers small, Fruit very e, greenish- 
ellow, deep red on the exposed side, apo in the middle or 
r part of September; flesh whitish, next the stone, 
melting, and of rich flavour, Glands round. A fine, rather late 
variety, requiring a warm situation. a 
Rivers’s White. Flowers large. Fruit roundish, nearly 
White, 8 with a iy omer ae at the end aE 1 — 
flesh whi xcell vour. ves crenate ; of 
sha 3 n frou the old Wilke Montaria, 
which it still resembles somewhat. : 
Spencer. Flowers large. Fruit large, flattened, dark crimson al 
over, deeper on the exposed side, ripening about the middle of 
September; flesh stained with red almost throughout, melting, 
and richly flavoured. Glands round. 
Stanwick, 
lish-red where exposed, ri 
fatter Easy of September; flesh white, 3 — ma rich. 
Leaves crenated ; kidney-shaped. The stone a sweet 
kernel like that of a nut. A fine variety. 
succeed well, except under glass 1 oa 
Victoria. Flowers small. Fruit similar vour, several 
other respects, to the Stanwick, but the kernels are bitter; 
it ripens about the end of ag nearly a month earlier than 
Stanwick, and does not crack like that variety. Leaves crenate ; 
lands kidney-shaped. A valuable Nectarine, and one of the 
Bost Rained by Mr, Rivers all. Fruit large, roundish, dark 
wers small. Le, ’ 
3 pale brown spots next the sun; flesh 
in poor gg gee A and ear 3 
3 kidney-s One of the very best 
; glands 
——.— cites ding Arewatic, Brugnom Hatt, Early Violet, 
—— Selsey s Elruge, Violet Musquée, &c. 
NECTAROBOTRRTUN. A synonym of Lloydia 
(which see). 
NECTAROSCORDUM (from nektar, nectar, and 
Skorodon, Garlic; referring to honey pores in the flower). 
Orv. Liliacee. A monotypic genus, now included, by 
Bentham and Hooker, under Allium (which see for 
culture of the species). ai 
N. siculum (Sicilian). fl. green and Ar in a loose umbel, on 
7 ianth somewhat bell-sha; ; scape lft. to 
. high. J 
linear-lanceolate, channelled. Sicily, 1832. 
(B. R. ) 
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