200 NECTARINES. 



23. Golden. Langley, t. 29. f. 5. G. Lindl. in HorU 

 Trmis. Vol. V. p. 551. Miller, ^o.S, 



Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small. 

 Fruit middle-sized, somewhat ovate, narrowed at the apex^ 

 and terminated by an acute nipple. Skin bright yellow next 

 the wall, but on the sunny side of a bright scarlet, shaded 

 with a few streaks of a darker colour. Flesh yellow, firm, 

 but red at the stone, to which it closely adheres. Juice not 

 abundant, but of pretty good flavour. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



This Nectarine ripened at Twickenham, in 1727, on a 

 west wall, August 20. O. S., or August 31. N. S. Lang- 

 ley, 



24. Italian. Langley, t. 29. f. 4. G. Lind. in Hort. 

 Trans. Vol. v. p. 554. 



Brugnon, or Italian. Miller, No. 5. 



Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small. 

 Fruit large, somewhat globular. Skin greenish yellow next 

 the wall, dark red next the sun, and marbled with a darker 

 colour, interspersed with a little thin gray russet. Flesh 

 firm, of a pale yellowish colour, but very red at the stone, to 

 which it closely adheres. Juice abundant, rich, and excel- 

 lent. 



Ripe the middle and end of August. 



25. Red Roman. Forsyth. 



Roman. Langley, p. 102. t. 29. f. 2. G. Lind. in Hort. 

 Trans, Vol. v. p. 548. 



Roman Red. Miller, No. 6. 



Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers large. 

 Fruit of the largest size, frequently measuring eight inches 

 and a quarter in circumference, somewhat globular, and a 

 little flattened at its apex. Skin greenish yellow next the 

 wall, but where exposed to the sun of a deep muddy red or 

 purple colour, somewhat scabrous, with brown russetty 

 specks. Flesh firm, greenish yellow, but very red at the 

 stone, to which it firmly adheres. Juice plentiful, sugary, 

 of a very high and vinous flavour. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



This Nectarine ripened at Twickenham, in 1727, on a 

 south wall, July 30. O. S., or August 10. N. S. Langley, 



The Red Roman Nectarine has been cultivated in our 

 gardens about two centuries, as appears by Parkinson's List 

 in 1629, and is one of the largest and best in our present 

 collections. How it should have been mistaken by practi- 



