io8 Catalogue of Varieties. 



than the Wilson, and ripens more gradually. Fig. in Hort. 

 XXIL 273. 



NICHOLSON'S SUPERB (Nicholson). 



* NIMROD (Lucombe, Pince & Co.) Oblong, conical, same color 

 as the British Queen ; sweeter, richer, and hardier than that 

 variety. Forces well. Said to be very much like Elphinstone's 

 Adair. 



NONSUCH (Robertson). Medium, round, shining purple red; 

 seeds very prominent; flesh red, juicy, sweet, very highly per- 

 fumed. Moderate grower and bearer. Very late. 



OHIO MAMMOTH (Burr). A cross of Burr's Seedling and Hov- 

 ey's. Fruit very lai'ge, long, conical, angular, light red, sweet, 

 and excellent ; foliage large ; plants vigorous, hardy, and pro- 

 ductive. 



OLD BLACK. (Syn. Black Canterbury, Black Pine, Black 

 Beacon, Turkey Pine, Mulberry.} Medium, conical, elongated, 

 pointed, with a neck ; hairy, and very dark purple red next the 

 sun ; seeds same color ; pale, with yellow seed on the shady 

 side ; flesh firm, with a core, scarlet, buttery, rich, and very 

 high flavored. Leaflets very small, oval, blunt, serrate, very 

 . thin, shining light green. An old and tender English variety. 



OLD JOHN BROWN (Schroeder). Described as a cross between 

 Wilson's Albany and a Chili. Broadly conical, pointed, light 

 crimson; flesh tender, sweetish, fine flavored. Originated in 

 Bloomington, 111., and first fruited in 1859. 



OLD PINE. (Syn. Pine, Carolina, Scarlet Pine, Old Scarlet do., 

 Old Carolina do., Large do., Miss Gunning's, North's Seed- 

 ling, Devonshire Scarlet Pine, Blood Pine, Keiv do., Varnished 

 do., Windsor do., Cockscombed do., Regent's Favorite, Bar ham 

 Down. Erroneously, Black Pine, Surinam, and Bath Scarlet.} 

 Large, ovate, with a neck ; conical compressed, slightly hairy, 

 uniform bright scarlet ; seeds slightly sunken ; early fruit cocks- 

 combed ; flesh pale scarlet, rich, juicy, high flavored, the largest 

 fruit hollow. A famous old kind. American. Its numerous 

 synonymes show its former popularity. Prefers a clay soil. 

 Fig. in Pom. Mag. I. 47. 



OMER PACHA (Ward). Large, regular and handsome, pale scar- 

 let, somewhat cockscombed, with a refreshing flavor, like 



