26 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. 



The Oldenburg Nectarine. — This is tlie name of a new 

 English variety, now first introduced to tlie public. It is 

 said to be a cross between the Eh'uge and White nectarine, 

 and the fruit was exhibited before the EngHsh Pomological 

 Society, October 2, eliciting the following very favorable 

 report : — 



" The most interesting part of the exhibition was the ex- 

 amination of a new peach and nectarine, from Messrs. Veitch 

 & Son of Exeter. The nectarine, which was called the 

 Oldenburg, was one of a very superior quality, and contrasted 

 considerably with the fine specimens of the Stanwick in the 

 same collection, which were very inferior in flavor. The 

 Oldenburg is a medium sized fruit, somewhat similar in size 

 to the Elruge. It is ovate in shape, and very much cov- 

 ered with very dark red, except where shaded by the leaves, 

 when it is pale yellow. The flesh separates freely from the 

 stone, is very melting and juicy, with a rich sugary and 

 vinous flavor. It is yellowish white throughout, and even at 

 the stone there is not the slightest trace of red. The fruit 

 seems to keep well after being gathered, and shows a dispo- 

 sition to shrivel, without decaying." 



Black Barbarossa Grape. — Fine specimens of this grapQ 

 were exhibited November 5th, before the British Pomological 

 Society ; one bunch weighed 4^ lbs. The berries were 

 quite black, and covered with a fine bloom. Mr. Taylor 

 stated that he has had this grape in perfection as late as April 

 2Sth, and that its true flavor is not acquired before the begin- 

 ning of January. Its merits as a late grape, therefore, require 

 no comment. 



The Brandywine Pear. — Mr. Barry of Rochester, in a 

 brief account of a recent visit to the West, speaks of having 

 seen a noble tree of the Brandywine pear, which he was told, 

 bore specimens " that weighed a pound !" From what we saw 

 of the West we have no doubt many pears are produced of much 

 larger size in the fertile soil of that region, than we can grow 

 them at the East, but we were not prepared for such extrava- 

 gant stories, and are inclined to think the variety was not the 

 Brandywine ; its ordinary weight, under the best of cultiva- 



