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Also Monstrueuse de Doue was very fine indeed 

 from the wall. Tardive d'Espagne, a late pointed 

 peach, is as yet far from ripe, and I have great 

 hopes it will not ripen till late in October. All 

 my desires have been to prolong the peach season. 

 I found the Orchard-house hastens them too 

 much, and a late peach, truly good, is yet a 

 variety to be desired everywhere. One that 

 should be ripe in November, say by the 5th, and 

 yet require no sugar to eat with it, has not yet 

 been found, 



Nectarines for the Orchard-house. Here I 

 enter into the best part of the subject, according 

 to my own ideas, a ripe nectarine being, as I 

 think, the finest of all fruits, and far superior to 

 a peach. As to growing nectarines in the open 

 air, it is simply ridiculous, and only answers in 

 extraordinary seasons. In the House, Fairchild's 

 Early is a small but early variety ; then Hunt's 

 Tawny, a distinct, yellow nectarine, of not too 

 much flavour, but excellent nevertheless. Then 

 follows rapidly in August, Elruge ( (Eil-rouge ?), a 

 very old sort, as old as Charles II's. time. It is 

 most useful for exhibiting, as any list proves, 

 and capital for forcing; but only of medium 

 size. 



Violette Hative is a very superior variety, excel- 

 lent for exhibition, only medium size, but prolific 

 and good. Pitmaston too is well known. These 

 three are first-rate. Hardwich Seedling, hardy, 



