Stone Fruits: Peaches and Nectarines 139 



Balgowan. Fruit larger than Violette Hative, roundish oval, broadest 

 at the base, greenish-yellow, mottled with dull red, dark red next the sun. 

 Early September. 



Cardinal. Fruit medium; pale green, bright red on the side exposed 

 to the sun; flavour excellent. The earliest of all Nectarines. Forces and 

 bears well. 



Dryden. Fruit large, green, dotted with red, dark red on the sunny 

 side; good flavour. One of the very best. Mid-September." 



Early Rivers. Fruit extra large, greenish white, bright red where 

 exposed to the sun; of excellent flavour. Like Lord Napier, but ripens 

 in early August. 



Elruge. Fruit middle-sized, roundish, inclining to oval; pale green, 

 dark violet-red next the sun; forces well. Late August. 



Humboldt. Fruit very large, round, or inclined to be conical; yellowish 

 green, dark red where exposed to the sun. Mid-September. 



Lord Napier. Fruit extra large, round; pale green, bright red where 

 exposed to the sun; excellent flavour. One of the very best Nectarines. 

 Late August. 



Pine Apple. Fruit large, roundish, inclined to conical; yellow, dark 

 red where exposed to the sun; excellent pineapple flavour. Late Sep- 

 tember. 



Pitmaston Orange. Fruit large, globular or almost heart-shaped, 

 terminating in a small point or nipple; deep purple, spotted with brown 

 next the sun, orange on the shaded side. Late August. 



Rivers's Orange. Fruit medium, round; yellow, dark yellow where 

 fully exposed. Early September. 



Spenser. Fruit of the largest size, roundish, somewhat elongated; 

 green, dull red where exposed to the sun. Mid-September. 



Stanwick Elruge. Fruit large, roundish, often elongated; pale green, 

 bright red on sunny side. A great improvement on the old Elruge for 

 size and colour. Mid- August. 



Victoria. Fruit similar in every respect to Stanwick, but does not 

 crack. One of the highest flavoured and best. Late August. 



Violette Hative. Fruit medium, roundish; yellowish -green, dark 

 purplish-red, mottled with pale-brown dots next the sun. A good forcer. 

 Late August or early September. 



3. FUNGOID DISEASES OF THE PEACH TREE 



Peach-leaf Curl (Exoascus deformans). This very destructive disease 

 is present wherever the Peach tree is cultivated. The foliage and the 

 young shoots are the parts affected. Diseased leaves are thicker than 

 healthy ones, and are very much puckered and more or less curled. The 

 colour is at first a pale sickly green, gradually changing to rosy or some- 

 times bright red. Eventually the diseased leaves become covered with a 



