NECTARINES. 



THE Nectarine is claimed to be only a sport in nature from the 

 Peach, to which occasionally plants grown from seeds return ; record 

 is also made of the Nectarine tree producing both Peaches and Nec- 

 tarines on the same tree. Of this we confess some little unwilling- 

 ness of belief; certain, however, it is that the trees so closely resem- 

 ble the Peach, as not to be detected except when in fruit. 



Grown under glass, or South, where the heat is greater than at 

 the North, the Nectarine is a really fine fruit ; but here it is inferior 

 to the Peach, possessing a flavor partaking of the peculiar flavor and 

 taste of the pit. When we say the trees are undistinguishable from 

 the peach, we speak the general view ; closely examined, the wood 

 may be found slightly more smooth, and possibly a trifle firmer or 

 closer grained. The trees are usually propagated by budding, in 

 same manner and time as the Peach, and their after culture is the 

 same. 



The fruit of the Nectarine being smooth skinned, is equally liable 

 to attack from curculio as the Plum, and the same remedies are 

 adopted for prevention ; we, therefore, refer the reader to the article 

 under head of Insects injurious to the Plum. The same marks dis- 

 tinguishing varieties in the leaf are found in the Nectarine, as in the 

 Peach, and used accordingly. 



CLASS I. Most generally esteemed. 

 BOSTON. 



Lewis, | Perkins' Seedling. 



American. Claimed to have originated from a peach-stone. It is pro- 

 bably one of the very best Nectarines, and well adapted to all sections of 

 our country. 



Flowers, small ; glands, globose ; fruit, large, sometimes eight inches 

 round, roundish oval ; skin, light yellow, with deep red cheek, shaded off 

 by a mottling of red ; flesh, yellow to the stone, sweet, with a pJeasant, 

 peculiar flavor ; stone, small, pointed. Free-stone. First September. 



+ 



DOWN TON. 



Foreign. Fiowers, small ; glands, reniform ; fruit, large, roundish oval , 

 skin, pale green, with violet red cheek ; flesh, pale green, melting, rich, 

 high flavor. Free-stone. Last of August. 



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