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could be judged from the fruit, it was presumed they are the 

 same variety. — From Mr. G. Hood, gardener, Mamhead Park, 

 near Exeter : a dish of Stanwick Nectarine, accompanied by 

 the following note : " The fruit sent is not so large, nor so well 

 coloured as we have had them in other years. They are part of 

 a crop of 120 fruits on a bush tree in a 13-inch pot, and ripened 

 this season without the aid of fire-heat." The specimens, although 

 not so large as the variety usually becomes, were of medium size, 

 about as large as the Elruge. The flavour was very good, but 

 of course not so rich as those ripened with more heat. From 

 this exhibition it is evident that fruit of the Stanwick Nectarine 

 may be abundantly produced without the defect of cracking, to 

 which it is liable. — J. Allnutt, Esq., F.H.S., sent a well-grown 

 fruit of the Stanwick from his garden at Clapham. He stated 

 that it was grown in a pot in a house without fire-heat, and that 

 none of the fruit on the plant exhibited any sign of cracking. 



aianicate to them, as early as you conveniently can, the above fact." 

 .'he list above referred to showed : (1) that a sum of 1800/. ' 



