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is not of fo much value, as the leaves are 

 for feeding filk-v^orms. The black is moft 

 commonly planted in gardens, and bears 

 a very pleafant fruit for deferts : befides, 

 it is ufeful in medicine. 



NECTARINES. 



Fairchild's Neflarine is the fmalleft I 

 know 5 'tis of a round fliape, the fide next 

 the fun is of a bright red, and the other 

 of a yellow colour ^ the pulp and juice of 

 it are not in fuch great plenty as in fome 

 others, yet the tafte is pleafant w^hen ga- 

 thered from a healthy branch ^ and it ri- 

 pens about the middle, or in the latter end 

 of Auguft. 



The Violet neclarine is of a middle fize, 

 and a purple colour next the fun, but the 

 other iide is more pale -, the pulp is very 

 red next the ftone, and has a vinous flavour ; 

 it ripens in the latter end of Auguft and 

 beginning of September, 



The Elruge nectarine is not fo large as 

 fome others, but it is an admirable good 

 one, and the tree is a good bearer : the 

 fruit is of a purple colour on one fide, 



and 



