LORD NAPIER 



PITMASTON ORANGE 



150 



LORD NAPIER. Fig. 148. It is agreed, 

 at home and abroad, that Lord Napier is the 

 mainstay in commercial orchards as the earliest 

 nectarine. The tree in California is reported 

 to be a heavy and regular bearer, and the fruit 



148. Lord Napier. (X%) 



is pronounced about the best. The variety is 

 grown as commonly as any other in eastern 

 America either in the greenhouse or in the 

 garden. This, too, came from Rivers, Saw- 

 bridgeworth, England, and is said to have 

 sprung from a pit of the Early Albert peach. 



Tree rather large, vigorous, as hardy as any, regular 

 and productive in bearing. Leaves typical, with reniform 

 glands. Flowers early, large, pale rose. Fruit early, 

 large, 2 ty inches in diameter, ovate, regular ; cavity 

 wide and rather deep ; suture wide and shallow ; apex 

 depressed with a nipple in the depression ; color pale 

 cream, mottled and streaked with blood-red, with a 

 dark crimson cheek on the side to the sun ; flesh white, 

 very tender, melting, juicy, without red at the stone, 

 piquant ; quality good ; stone free, rather large, ovate, 

 pointed, corrugated, slightly pitted. 



NEWTON. Fig. 149. Out of more than 

 fifty nectarines that have fruited at one time 

 or another on the grounds of the New York 

 Agricultural Station, Geneva, New York, New- 

 ton is about the best. The fruits are large, 



149. Newton. 



handsome, richly flavored, with flesh of almost 

 jelly-like transparency. If they can be had 

 free from the stings of curculio and the rot 

 of monilia, both of which ravage the nec- 

 tarine, the fruits are almost flawless the con- 

 summate product of the peach family. Newton 

 originated in England, where it is considered 

 one of the best late nectarines, with Rivers of 

 Sawbridgeworth, about the middle of the last 

 century. 



Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, open, hardy, 

 productive ; branches and branchlets reddish, short- 

 jointed, with rather inconspicuous lenticels. Leaves 



large, 6 inches long, 1% inches wide; margin serrate 

 and glandular ; petiole stout, with 3-4 reniform glands. 

 Flowers small, % inch in diameter, dark pink, solitary 

 or in twos or threes. Fruit late, large, 2% inches in 

 diameter, oval ; cavity medium in width and depth ; 

 suture shallow ; apex depressed with an abrupt tip ; 

 color greenish-yellow, marbled with brownish-red and 

 crimson with some pale spots ; flesh pale green with 

 faint red radiating from the stone, almost transparent, 

 with a rich, almond-like flavor ; quality very good ; 

 stone free, ovate, reddish. 



NEW WHITE. Large White. According 

 to Wickson, chief authority on fruits in Cali- 

 fornia, New White is "commended wherever 

 nectarines are grown in California, and is more 

 freely planted than all other nectarines com- 

 bined." It is not known in England or in 

 eastern United States, at least under this name 

 Its history is not given in California catalogs 

 and fruit-books. Wickson describes it as fol- 

 lows in his California Fruits: 



"Leaves with reniform glands ; flowers large ; fruit 

 rather large, nearly round; skin white with occasionally 

 a slight tinge of red ; flesh white, tender, very juicy, 

 with rich, vinous .flavor ; stone small and free." 



PINEAPPLE. Fig. 150. Pineapple is 

 probably fit only for forcing, and it is a favor- 

 ite for that purpose in England, and is occa- 

 sionally found under glass in America. English 



150. Pineapple. (XV 2 ) 



pomologists say that it is too tender for out- 

 of-doors, and it seems not to have been tried 

 in orchards in America. The variety has the 

 charm of individuality in its very yellow flesh 

 and its rich pineapple flavor. Pineapple seems 

 to have been cultivated for a half-century at 

 least. The description is compiled from Eng- 

 lish catalogs. 



Tree rather small, tender, free in bearing. Leaves 

 with round glands. Flowers large, deep rose with a 

 dark eye, handsome. Fruit midseason, large, round- 

 ovate ; suture distinct ; color deep orange with a bright 

 crimson blush ; flesh orange-yellow marbled with red 

 next the stone, firm, aromatic, with a rich pineapple 

 flavor ; quality very good ; stone free, small, with deep 

 corrugations. 



PITMASTON ORANGE. Sometimes of- 

 fered as Pit Orange, Pitmaston Orange has 

 been grown for nearly a century by fruit- 

 fanciers, and is still esteemed for both the 

 garden and the greenhouse. The fruit of no 

 other nectarine excels that of Pitmaston 

 Orange in beauty and quality. The trees are 

 everywhere mentioned as excellent bearers, but 

 have the reputation of being a little tender 

 to cold. The variety came to America from 



