394 SELECT VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



and very liardy. One of tlie most valuable sorts in the 

 class, either for the table or for canning. 



Morello (English). — Large, roundish; dark red, near- 

 ly black; flesh dark purplish-red, tender, juicy, sub-acid. 

 — Late July. Tree a small, healthy, but slender grower, 

 forming a pretty round head as a standard, and a fine 

 bush as a dwarf. 



Olivet. — Origin France. Of recent introduction, de- 

 scribed as follows: '* Large, globular; deep red; flesh 

 red, tender. Juicy, rich. — Kipens early in June. Tree 

 productive and hardy." 



Reinc Hor tense. — Origin France. Large to very 

 large, roundish ; bright, clear red, marbled and mottled 

 in yellow ; flesh tender, Juicy, slightly sub-acid, delicious. 

 — Middle to last of July, Tree a healthy, vigorous, 

 handsome grower, and a moderate, even, regular bearer. 



Royal Duke. — Large, roundish-oblong ; rich, dark red 

 at maturity ; flesh reddish, tender, Juicy, sub-acid. — 

 Last of June. Tree an upright, compact grower, with 

 branches stouter than the average of its class. An even 

 but moderate bearer. 



SMALL SELECT LISTS. 



Six for the Oarden. — Black Tartarian, Coe's Trans- 

 parent, Knight's Early Black, Yellow Spanish, Late 

 Duke, Montmorency Ordinaire. 



For the MarTcet Orchard.— Black Tartarian, Yellow 

 Spanish, Napoleon Bigarreau, Tradescant's Black Heart, 

 Montmorency Ordinaire, Windsor, Monstrueuse de Mezel. 



Section 6. — Select Nectarines. 



The Nectarine is derived from the peach ; the trees are 

 precisely alike, and the fruit diifers only in the nectarine 



