UNTESTED VARIETIES, ETC. 303 



NEWMAN. 



American. Large, round, greenish white, with a blush ; flesh, white 

 juicy, sweet. Free-stone. Middle September. (Cole.) 



NOBLESSE. 



Vanguard, | Mellishe's Favorite, | Lord Montague's Noblesse. 

 Foreign. The " Double Montague" is said by some to be identical with 

 this old variety. We have fruited them two years, but the Double Mon- 

 tague under unfavorable circumstances, so that we are. as yet, unwilling 

 to place them as identical, although their identity is not improbable. 

 Flowers, large : leaves, glandless ; fruit, above medium, roundish oblong, 

 pale greenish white, with two shades of red where exposed to sun ; flesh, 

 greenish white, melting, juicy. Free-stone. Last of August. 



NONPAREIL. 

 Scott's Nonpareil. 



American. Glands, globose ; fruit, large, roundish oblong, yellow, with 

 red cheek, much like Crawford's Late. Free-stone. September. 



OLD NEWINGTON. 



Newington Cling, | Newington, | Large Newington 



Foreign. Glandless ; fruit, large, roundish, yellowish white with red 

 cheek; flesh, pale yellowish white, red at stone, juicy. September. 



ORANGE CLING-STONE. 



American. Flowers, small, serrated, glandless ; fruit, large, round j 

 suture, well marked ; deep orange, occasionally dark red cheek ; flesh, yel- 

 low, firm, juicy, vinous. Cling-stone. Middle September. 



ORCHARD QUEEN. 

 Eeine des Vergers. 



Foreign. Comes with high praise ; should be tested. Tree, vigorous , 

 new shoots, reddish : glands, reniform : fruit, large, oval, depressed at 

 apex ; skin, yellow, purplish red in sun : flesh, yellowish white, red at stone, 

 melting, vinous. Free-stone. September. 



OWEN. 



Owen's Lemon, | Owen's Lemon Rareripe. 



American. Glands, globose ; fruit, large, roundish ; suture, distinct ; 

 yellow, purplish red in sun : flesh, yellow, red at stone, juicy, sweet. Free- 

 stone. Middle September. 



PARAGON. 

 Prince's Paragon. 



American. Flowers, large ; glands, globose ; fruit, large, roundish oval, 

 yellowish green, with red cheek ; suture, shallow, terminating in a point 

 at apex ; flesh white, red at stone, juicy, sweet, rich. Free-stone. Middle 

 September. 



POINSETT. 



American : originated in South Carolina. Glandless ; fruit, large, 

 roundish oval, ruddy yellow ; flesh, firm, juicy. Cling-itone. September. 



