170 THE FRUIT GAIlDEJf. 



NECTAIMNES. 



1. jE/n^^^.~TIiis is decidedly the best nectarine 

 we have for tiie open air. The fruit is large and 

 handsome ; and when well ripened, attains to a dark 

 red colour next the sun. The tree is a free grower, 

 even in a middling soil. 



2. Sccirlct. — Very good, but more delicate than 

 the elrvgc, and less fit for a bad climate. 



o. Murray. — A very good, middle-sized fi'uit ; 

 red towards the sun, and greenish next the wall. 

 Th.e tree is a free grower, and pretty good bearer. 



4. Due ds 7V'//;;.— This is an excellent, large, high- 

 flavoured fruit, when well ripened; but it requires 

 the full south sun, and a good climate. It is a dark- 

 red, or purple, next tiie sun, and a bright red on 

 the under side, according to the colour of the soil 

 in v/liicli it grows. * The tree grows freely, and is 

 a good bearer. 



5. I'airdnld^s early. — This is among the earliest 

 nectari]ics v/e have. The tree is hardy, and a good 



* It is a fact known to most garclcnevs of ob.^ervation, that ihc 

 colour, and ahu the (juaiity of soils, have ai) effect on the colour 

 and flavour of fruits, — even on the colour of many flowers. The 

 cfl'ects of the colour of soils, on that of fruits, is most perceptible 

 en the delicate kinds, such as Cjrapes, Peaches, &,c. ; but to a 

 rice observer, it extends in a greater or less degree, to all fruits. 

 For iiii^tancc, if two black lianiburgh grapes, made from Cut- 

 tings of the same plant, shall be planted, the one in a dry hazely 

 loam, and the other in a moist black earth, the fruit of the one 

 will be brown, or of a grizzly colour, and of the other, very dark 

 red, or black ; and the grape will be more juicy, though flatter ia 

 flayour, than the other grown in a drier soil. 



