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greenish wliite, sliaded into deep rich violet in the sun. Flesh white, 

 tender, juicj, rich, sugary, and without the slightest trace of prussic 

 acid flavor. 



Victoria. 



Raised by Thomas Eivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, from seed 

 of V^iolette Hative fertilized by Stanwick. 



Fruit large, roundish, flattened at top. Skin greenish yellow, crim- 

 son on the sunny side. Flesh rich, sweet, one of the best. Glands re 

 niform. Flowers small. Middle of August. New. 



VioLETTE Hative. 



Early Violet. Petite Violette Hative. 



Violet. , Brugnon Hatif. 



Early Brugnon. Violette Angervilli 'res. 



Bnigiion Red at the Stone. Violette Musqu e. 



Hampton Court. Lord Selsey's Elruge. 



Large Scarlet. Violet Red at the Stone. 



New Scarlet. Violet Musk. 

 Aromatic. 



The Violette Hative, or Early Violet Nectarine, everyvidiere takes 

 the highest rank among Nectarines. It is of delicious flavor, fine ap- 

 pearance, hardy, and productive. Externally the fruit is easily con- 

 founded with that of the Elruge, bvit it is readily distinguished by its 

 dark-colored stone, and the deep red flesh svirrounding it. The fruit is 

 usually rather darker colored. It is of French origin, and has been long 

 cultivated. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowei's rather small. 



Fruit rather large, roundish, narrowed slightly at the top, where it 

 is also marked with a shallow suture. Skin pale yellowish green in the 

 shade, but when exposed nearly covered with dark purplish red, mot- 

 tled with pale-brown dots. Flesh whitish, but much rayed with red at 

 the stone. The latter is roundish, the furrows not deep, and the sur- 

 face reddish brown. The flesh is melting, juicy, rich, and very high- 

 flavored. It ripens about the last of August. 



The Violette Grosse (Thomp.) resembles the foregoing in leaves and 

 flowers, and general appearance. The fruit is, however, larger, but not 

 so richly flavored. 



Selection of choice hardy N'ectarines for a small Garden. — Violet 

 Hative, Elruge, Hardwicke, Hunt's Tawnv, Boston, Roman, New 

 White. 



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The CuEsmm {Caslanea vesca,'\Y.; Chdtaignier, oi the French; 

 Jxastanienhaum, German ; Castagno, Italian) is one of our loftiest 



