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AMYGDALACE^E. II. PERSICA. 



21 Pitmaslon orange, Williams' s orange, Williams's seedling, 

 Leaves with globose glands. Flowers large. Fruit large, 

 orange and dark red, ripening about the end of August. An 

 excellent, hardy, and good bearer. 



22 Scarlet of Forsyth. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers 

 small. Fruit small, fine scarlet and pale red, ripening about the 

 end of August. 



23 Hunt's tawny, Hunt's early tarvny. Leaves without glands. 

 Flowers small. Fruit middle-sized, orange and dark red, ripen- 

 ing from the middle to the end of August. A very distinct sort, 

 worthy of cultivation for its earliness. 



24 Temple's (Lang. t. 30.), Temple. Leaves with reniform 

 glands. Flowers small. Fruit middle- sized, pale green and 

 red, ripening about the beginning of September. A first-rate 

 sort. 



25 Vermash, true vermash. Leaves with reniform glands. 

 Flowers large. Fruit middle-sized, green on one side, and red 

 on the other, ripening about the end of August. A first-rate, 

 but rare sort. 



26 Fiolette grosse, grosse violette hative, violette de courson, 

 le gros brugnon in some parts of the continent. Leaves with 

 reniform glands. Flowers small. Fruit large, pale greenish 

 and red, ripening in the beginning of September. A first-rate 

 sort, having the flesh very red at the stone. 



27 Violette hdlive (Hooker, t. 15.), violet, early violet, lord 

 Selsey's elruge, Hampton Court, large scarlet, new scarlet, ver- 

 mash of some, petite violette hdtive. Leaves with reniform 

 glands. Flowers small. Fruit large, pale green and red, ripen- 

 ing about the end of August. A first-rate sort, forces well. 



28 Fiolette tardive, violette marbree, violet panachee. Leaves 

 with reniform glands. Flowers small. 



29 New white, Neat's white, white, Flanders (Hook. t. SO.), 

 Emmerton's new white, Cowdray white, large white. Leaves with 

 reniform glands. Flowers large. Fruit large, white, ripening 

 about the beginning of September. In a favourable soil and 

 warm exposure both the new and old white acquire an excellent 

 flavour ; under other circumstances only indifferent. 



30 Old white. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers large. 

 Fruit large, white, ripening in the beginning of August. A first- 

 rate sort. 



Var. ft ; flesh adhering to the stone. Called in French peches- 

 violettes, and in English ding-stone nectarines. 



List of ding-stone nectarines. 



1 Alton's seedling. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers 

 small. Fruit large, dark brown, red on the sunny side, ripening 

 in the beginning and middle of September. A second-rate fruit. 



2 Brugnon, Italian. (Lang. t. 29.) Leaves with reniform 

 glands. Flowers small. Fruit large, greenish, but dark red on 

 the sunny side, ripening in August. A second-rate fruit. 



3 Brugnon hdtif, early brugnon. Leaves with reniform 

 glands. Flowers small. 



4 Brugnon violet musque, brugnon musque (Duham. 26.), 

 brugnon, red Roman. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers 

 large. Fruit middle-sized, pale yellow, but red on the exposed 

 side. A second-rate fruit. Ripens in September. 



5 Early 2iavie (Forsyth, 57.). Leaves without glands. Flowers 

 large. 



6 Golden (Lang. t. 29.), fine gold-Jleshed, orange. Leaves 

 with reniform glands. Flowers small. Fruit middle-sized, yel- 

 low, but red on the exposed side. Flesh orange-coloured. A 

 second-rate fruit, ripening in the beginning or middle of Sep- 

 tember. 



7 Pince's golden. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers 

 large. Fruit large, orange, but dark red on the exposed side, 



ripening throughout September. As a cling-stone nectarine very 

 good. 



8 Imperatrice. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers small. 

 Fruit large, dark red. A first-rate fruit. Hangs and shrivels 

 like a Newington. 



9 Newington, late Newington (Lang. t. 29.), scarlet Newing- 

 ton, old Newington, Smith' s Newington, French Newington, brug- 

 non de Newington de I'Angleterrc, rough Roman, red Roman of 

 some, Sion-htll, Anderdon's, Anderson's round. Leaves without 

 glands. Flowers large. Fruit large, dark, ripening in Septem- 

 ber. A good bearer, excellent when beginning to shrivel. 



10 Early Newington (Forsyth, 27.), early black Newington, 

 black, early black, new early Newington, new dark Newina-fon, 

 Lucombe's seedling, Lucombe's black. Leaves without glands. 

 Flowers large. Fruit large, dark red, ripening in the end of 

 August. A first-rate sort, larger than the Newington. 



11 Tarvny Newington. Leaves without glands. Flowers 

 large. Fruit large, yellowish brown, red on the sunny side, 

 ripening in the beginning and middle of August. A first-rate 

 sort. 



12 West Dean Newington. Leaves without glands. Flowers 

 large. 



13 Roman, red Roman, old Roman, brugnon musque (Duham. 

 no. 26.), brugnon violet musque of some. Leaves with reniform 

 glands. Flowers large. Fruit large, green brown and red, 

 ripening in the beginning and middle of August. A first-rate 

 sort. 



14 Royal Buckfast. Leaves without glands. Flowers large. 

 Has much resemblance to the Newington. 



15 Tawny, late tawny, Murrey of some. Leaves with reni- 

 form glands. Flowers small. Fruit middle-sized, brown, and 

 red, ripening in the middle of September. A second-rate sort. 



f Varieties of nectarines not well known. 



1 Bright red alberge. 



2 Argyle. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers small. 



3 Bowden. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers large. 



4 Brugnon tardif. 



5 Ford's seedling. Leaves with reniform glands. 



6 Fox's seedling. 



7 Freeman's. 



8 Late French. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers small. 



9 Lyndoch. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers small. 



10 Pholia. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers small. 



1 1 Please 's seedling. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers 

 large. 



12 Sands' s seedling. Leaves without glands. Flowers large. 



13 Small orange. Leaves with globose glands. 



14 Spring-grove. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers 

 small. 



15 Veitch's. Leaves without glands. 



Selection of sorts. Forsyth recommends for a small garden ; 

 1 Fairchild's early. 2 Elruge. 3 Scarlet. 4 Newington. 5 

 Red Roman. 6 Temple. Those of the Dalkeith garden are as 

 follow. Such as are marked with a } are planted against a hot 

 wall. 1 Roman f. 2 Du Tellier's f- 3 Elruge \. 4 Brug- 

 non "|". 5 Temple's ^\. 6 Murrey \. 7 Fairchild's. 8 Scarlet f. 

 9 Claremont f. The surest way of having superior kinds is to 

 select according to quality from the catalogue given. 



Insects. " On account of the smoothness of the skin of the 

 fruit," Forsyth says, " it suffers more from the wood-louse, ear- 

 wigs, &c. than the peach ; it will therefore be necessary to hang 

 up a greater number of bundles of bean-stalks about these than 

 about any other fruit trees. Wasps are also very destructive to 

 nectarines, and the trees are very liable to be infested with the 

 red spider." 



