454 THE FRUIT MANUAL. 



Motteux's Seedling. See Late Admirable. 



MOUNTAINEER. Fruit, large, roundish, somewhat pointed at the 

 apex. Skin, nearly smooth, pale yellow, dotted with red on the shaded 

 side, but dark red next the sun. Flesh, pale yellowish green', rayed 

 with red at the stone, melting, juicy, and richly flavoured. Flowers, 

 large. Leaves, with round glands. 



A coarse peach, hardly worth cultivating. Ripe early in September. 



Narbonne. See Boudin. 



^ NECTARINE PEACH. Fruit, very large, nearly three inches in 

 diameter, and two inches and three-quarters high ; ovate, terminating 

 at the apex in a pointed nipple. Suture, well marked, particularly 

 near the nipple. Skin, nearly quite smooth, like a nectarine, yellow, 

 with a bright mottled red cheek next the sun. Flesh, semi-transparent 

 with a brilliant red next the stone, from which it separates freely, 

 leaving only a few fibres attached ; very richly flavoured, and with 

 a fine refreshing briskness. Flowers, large. Leaves, with kidney- 

 shaped glands, which are very small. 



When grown in an orchard-house this is a very fine and handsome 

 peach, which ripens just after Royal George, in the middle of September, 

 but Mr. Blackmore finds it a bad grower at Teddington. It will carry 

 almost any distance. 



This was raised by Mr. Rivers from seed of a nectarine he imported from Holland, 

 called Grand Noir. 



Neil's Early Purple. See Grosse Miynonne. 

 New Royal Charlotte. See Royal Charlotte. 



NIVETTE (Dorsetshire ; Veloutee Tardive).Frmt, round, elongated, 

 depressed at the top. Skin, pale green, bright red with deep red spots 

 next the sun, covered with a fine velvety down. Suture, shallow. 

 Flesh, pale green, deep red at the stone, rich, and sugary. Flowers, 

 small. Leaves, with round glands. 



Ripe in the middle of September. 



NOBLESSE (Lord Montage's; Hellish' s Favourite}. Fruit, large, 

 roundish oblong, terminating with a small nipple. Skin, pale yellowish 

 green in the shade, delicate red, marbled and streaked with dull red 

 and purple, next the sun. Flesh, white, tinged with yellow, slightly 

 veined with red next the stone, juicy, sweet, and very luscious. Tree, 

 hardy and healthy. Flowers, large. Leaves without glands. 



Ripe in the end of August and beginning of September. The tree 

 is subject to mildew. 



It is very remarkable that a fruit bearing a French name should not be found in 

 any French work, or mentioned in any French catalogue. It has been cultivated 

 in this country for upwards of a century and a half, and as I have recently dis- 

 covered that it is a Dutch peach, it is not improbable that it was introduced by 



