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RIVERS ORANGE 



VICTORIA 



England, in which country it dates back to 

 1815 at least. 



Tree rather small, tender to cold, very productive. 

 Leaves with a tint of yellow, round glands. Flowers 

 large, rich rose, borne very abundantly. Fruit mid- 

 season, large, round-ovate ; suture distinct ; apex ending 

 in an acute, swollen point ; color rich orange, brownish- 

 red next the sun, marbled with yellow ; flesh deep yellow, 

 red at the stone, juicy, very rich ; quality very good ; 

 stone free, small, sharp-pointed, deeply furrowed. 



RIVERS ORANGE. Fig. 151. After Pit- 

 maston Orange, Rivers Orange is the favorite 

 nectarine in America for forcing. The fruits 



151. Rivers Orange. (X%) 



of the two varieties are very similar, Rivers 

 Orange being a seedling of Pitmaston Orange; 

 the chief difference is in the trees, those of 

 Rivers Orange being a little hardier, more 

 robust, and more productive. The leaf-glands 

 in Rivers Orange are reniform, while those of 

 the parent are round. The variety is another 

 of the remarkable nectarines which originated 

 with Rivers, Sawbridge worth, England, in the 

 middle of the last century. In European coun- 

 tries, Rivers Orange is very generally taking 

 the place of Pitmaston Orange, but in America 

 the parent variety is preferred both in the or- 

 chard and in the greenhouse. 



STAN WICK. This is a variety of lesser 

 importance, but much grown in England under 

 glass, as it is somewhat in eastern America. 

 It is offered by California nurserymen, but 



does not appear to be much grown in that 

 state. In New York the trees are not hardy. 

 The variety originated in England from seed 

 brought from Syria and sown in 1843. 



Tree medium in size, vigorous, compact, tender to 

 cold, productive. Leaves with reniform glands. Flowers 

 large, deep rose. Fruit late, large, round-oval, heart- 

 shaped at the base ; color pale green, purplish-red or 

 almost violet in the sun ; flesh white, melting, sweet, 

 rich, aromatic, delicious ; quality very good ; stone rather 

 large with a kernel similar in taste to that of the 

 sweet almond. 



VICTORIA. Fig. 152. This variety is oc- 

 casionally to be found in America under glass, 

 as it is one of the very best for forcing. The 

 fruit is very similar to that of Stanwick, one 

 of its parents, and all agree that it is as good, 

 with the great merit of ripening a month 

 earlier. In tree, it is nearly a duplicate of 

 Stanwick. Grown under glass, this nectarine 

 is one of the most luscious of all fruits fare 



152. Victoria. (X%) 



fit to set before a king. The variety should 

 be tried out-of-doors wherever nectarines suc- 

 ceed; for, on the grounds of the New York 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New 

 York, where nectarines do not thrive remark- 

 ably well, this one is about as satisfactory as 

 any of the standard sorts, and the trees are 

 much hardier than those of Stanwick. In Eng- 

 land it has been grown since 1861, and is now 

 a general favorite. 



