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flesh yellow, not rich, "but sweet and pleasant. Ripens 

 last of July. Cling. 



New White. Glands reniform; flowers large; fruit 

 large, nearly round ; skin white, with slight tinge of red 

 in the sun ; flesh white, tender, juicy, vinous, and rich ; 

 stone small. "Ripens August 1st. 



Stanwick. A European variety ; skin pale greenish- 

 white, shaded into deep violet in the sun ; flesh white, 

 tender, juicy, and rich, sweet, and without the slightest 

 prussic acid flavor. Ripens August 1st. Free. 



The best clingstone nectarine is the Early Newington, 

 and the best of all nectarines is said to be the Stanwick. 

 Temple's is said also to be a fine variety. 



NUTS. 



There are several kinds of Nuts worthy of cultivation 

 by every planter, many of which are ornamental shade 

 trees, besides being valuable for the fruit they yield. For 

 convenience, we class them under one head. 



Chestnut, ( Castanea vesca). The Chestnut is a very 

 large forest tree, and common to both continents. The 

 Spanish Chestnut or Marron, produces a very large, sweet 

 nut, and is propagated by grafting on our common chest- 

 nut. There are several varieties of this, of which " Mar- 

 ron de Lyon " is the best. It will bear the second year 

 from the graft. Chestnuts are difficult to transplant 

 when taken from the woods. The improved varieties are 

 much superior to the wild sorts. The chestnut as a shade 

 tree is very effective in landscape gardening. 



Shell-bark Hickory, (Gary a alba). This tree is found 

 in fertile soils all over the United States, producing the 

 common thin-shelled, white hickory nut. The tree is very 



