39G SELECT VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



enlarged; pale orange, with a deep red cheek in the snn', 

 flesh orange, melting, juicy, stained with red at the stone. 

 Freestone. — Middle of August. A hardy tree, early and 

 productive. 



Lord Napier. — Origin England (Rivers). Large, hand- 

 some, fine flavored. Very early. 



Pituiastoil Orange— Origin England. Large, round- 

 ish-ovate with a swollen point; rich orange-yellow, red, 

 bronzed in the sun; flesh orange-yellow, red at the stone, 

 juicy, excellent. Freestone — Last of August or early 

 September, 



Red Roman. — Large, roundish, a little flattened; green- 

 ish-yellow, with a brownish-red cheek; flesh firm, green- 

 ish-yellow, red at stone, juicy, rich, vinous. Clingstone. 

 — Early September. Tree healthy and productive. An 

 old, foreign variety of great value. 



Rivers' Orange. — Originated by Thomas Rivers, Eng- 

 land. Much like its parent, the Pitmaston Orange, but 

 rii)ening later. Tree a great bearer. 



Stanwick. — Origin England, where it was grown from 

 a stone brought from Syria. Large, or above medium, 

 roundish-oval; greenish-white, much covered and shaded 

 with violet-red when grown in the sun; flesh white, 

 melting, rich, juicy, sweet. — Middle of September. 



Victoria. — Origin England. Fruit resembles Stanwick, 

 except that it ripens a month earlier. It originated with 

 Thomas Rivers, England, from seed of Early Violet, fer- 

 tilized by Stanwick. 



Note. — Mr. Rivers in the latter part of his life origi- 

 nated many new varieties of Nectarines, some of which 

 promise to be valuable. 



Section" 7. — Select Peaches. 



Li the descriptions for the sake of brevity, the follow- 

 ing abbreviations are made use of : fl. s. denotes small 



