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AA. Color of flesh yellow or orange. 



B. Fruit oblong-oval ; season late 530. Humbolt. 



BB. Fruit round-oval ; midseason. 



C. Suture distinct ; flesh orange yellow 531. Pineapple. 



CC. Suture a line ; flesh yellow 532. Boston. 



523. Cardinal (Fi^. 170). — This new nectarine seems to have 

 been tested only in greenhouses in America. 

 It is considered one of the best both here and 

 abroad for forcing and for pot-culture. The 

 variety might well be tried as an extra early 

 nectarine out-of-doors, for, although it is a 

 clingstone, its trim contour, delicately marked 

 coloring, and piquant refreshing flavor make 



Fig. 170. Cardinal, it a most inviting dessert fruit. Cardinal is 

 an English nectarine first mentioned about 

 1890, and brought to America a few years later. 



Tree rather small, round-headed, compact, hardy, productive. Fruit 

 extra early, medium to small in size, oval; suture shallow but distinct; 

 apex depressed with a well-marked abrupt tip; color greenish-yellow, 

 marbled with a distinctive salmon-red, with white spots covered with net- 

 like lines; flesh greenish-white, juicy, melting, piquant, refreshing; quality 

 good ; stone clinging rather tenaciously, large, ovate. 



524. Viotoria. — On the grounds of the New York Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Geneva, New York, Victoria Is one of the 

 most satisfactory of all nectarines. The trees are as hardy as 

 those of any other varieties and the fruits are very good, — 

 as luscious as those of any other fruit grown. The variety 

 seems to have originated in England about 1860. 



Tree medium in size, vigorous, compact, tender to cold, productive. 

 Fruit large, round-oval, heart-shaped at the base ; color pale green, purplish- 

 red or almost violet in the sun; flesh white, melt- 

 ing, sweet, rich, aromatic, delicious; quality very 

 good; stone rather large with a kernel similar in 

 taste to that of the sweet almond. 



525. Lord Napier (Fig. 171) is the main- 

 stay in commercial orchards as the earliest 

 nectarine. The tree in California is re- ^^^ ^^ Lord 

 ported to be a heavy and regular bearer, Napier. 



