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ing to this section, is in its highest perfection when the skin 

 begins to shrivel. 



21. Brugnon Violet Musque. Duhamel, 26. t. 18. 

 Brugnon Musque. Lelieur. 



Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers large. 

 Fruit middle-sized, somewhat ovate, generally terminated 

 by an acute nipple. Skin very smooth, of a pale and almost 

 transparent amber colour on the shaded side, but where ex- 

 posed to the sun, of a bright deep scarlet. Flesh firm, yel- 

 lowish white, but very red at the stone, to which it firmly 

 adheres. Juice sugary, vinous, and well flavoured. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



This Nectarine is quoted by Mr. Alton, in his Epitome, 

 as a synonyme of the Red Roman; had both sorts come 

 under his o^vn observation, he would, however, have been 

 satisfied of their wide difference. The Red Roman is 

 nearly twice the size of this, very different in both shape and 

 colour, and of superior merit. The Brugnon Violet Musque 

 appears not to have been known to Miller ; and the Red 

 Roman was not known to the French, at least it is not to be 

 found in any of their books. 



22. Early Newington. Alton's Epitome. 

 Early Black Newington. JYurs. Catalogues. 

 Lucombe's Black. Forsyth. 

 Lucombe's Seedling. JYm^s. Catalog;ues. 



Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large. 

 Fruit somewhat below the middle size, inclining to ovate, a 

 little compressed on one side of the suture ; fuller on the 

 other, narrowed at the apex, and terminating with an acute 

 nipple. Skin pale green on the shaded side, but of a bright 

 red next the sun, marbled and mottled with a much deeper 

 colour, and covered with a thin violet bloom. Flesh green- 

 ish white, but very red at the stone, to which it closely ad- 

 heres. Juice sugary and well flavoured. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



Several varieties of the Newington Nectarine, within the 

 last forty years, have been raised from seed in this country, 

 and have had different names assigned them, which has 

 caused no small difficulty in the arrangement of their sy- 

 nonymes. 



The Early Newington and Early Black Newington have 

 been ascertained, in Kensington Gardens, to be the same ; 

 and Lucombe's Black and Lucombe's Seedling want cha- 

 racters to distinguish them from the Early Newington. 



