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earliest varieties of the nectarine. 1 have a tree which 1 ob- 

 tained from Holland that I strongly suspect will prove identi- 

 cal with this. 



COMMON ELRUGE. Pr. cat. Po.h. mag. 

 Elruge. Lind. in Lond. Hort. Trans. Not of Miller. 



I quote the following detailed description from the Pomolo- 

 gical Magazine: 



" The name of Elruge nectarine has long found a place in 

 the lists of English fruit trees, and is supposed to be the ana- 

 gram of Gurles, a nurseryman, by whom it was either raised 

 or sold. But it is singular, that from some unexplained cause, 

 tlie kind to which the name was originally applied, and which 

 is described by Miller, has been almost lost from cultivation, 

 while that which is now represented has usurped its place. 

 This fact was first pointed out by Mr. George Lindley, in the 

 Transactions of the Horticultural Society, and has been since 

 universally admitted. Hence, there are two Elruge nectarines 

 in our gardens, one called Miller's Elruge, and the other 

 Common Elruge. This last is the subject of the following 

 remarks. It is to be suspected, that all the descriptions of 

 modern authors refer to this rather than to Miller's. 



" It is probable that the Claremont nectarine is a synonyme 

 of this, and there is reason to believe, that the Vermash, figured 

 by Hooker in hi^ Pomona Londinensis, is also a representa- 

 tion of the same variety. The latter is, however, undoubtedly 

 a distinct kind. 



" The Common Elruge nectarine ripens on a south wall, in 

 the end of August and beginning of September; it will also 

 acquire maturity on a west wall. We have even seen an in- 

 stance of its producing a perfectly well-grown ripe fruit in the 

 end of September, upon an open standard tree. This occurred 

 in the garden of the Horticultural Society in 1827. 



"One of our very best and most high flavoured of our nec- 

 tarines, and one of those which are most generally cultivated. 

 It is very like the Violette hative, from which it is known by its 

 parting more freely from the stone, and by the channel in its 



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