C46 THE NECTARINE. 



tween the Yiolette Hative and the Eh'uge, ripening a few days 

 earlier than tlie latter. 



Leaves with rcniform glands. Fruit large, roundish-oval. 

 Skin pale green, with a deep violet-red cheek. Flesh pale green, 

 slightly red at the stone ; melting, rich, and v€ry good. Ripens 

 about the 25th of August. Flowers small. 



Elruge. Thorn p. 



Common Elruge. ) t- • 7 Anderson's, ) of some 



Clareraont. ) ^^''' Temple's, \ English gardens. 



Oatlands. Peterborough, \ ^f^''^^^^ of many 



Sprmg Grove. ° ' { American gardens. 



The Elruge is everywhere esteemed as one of the very finest 

 Nectarines. It is an English variety which has been a good 

 while cultivated, and, with the Violette Hative, is considered in- 

 dispensable in every collection. In this country, when the young 

 wood is annually shortened-in, it bears good crops on standard 

 trees, which ripen finely. 



Without this precaution, like almost all other nectarines, the 

 fruit is small, poor, and ripens imperfectly. 



Leaves with reniform glands. Fruit of medium size, roundish 

 oval, the suture slight, except at the top, where it is distinctly 

 marked. Skin with a pale-green ground, but when fully ex- 

 posed, it is nearly covered with deep violet, or blood-red, dotted 

 with minute brownish specks. Flesh pale green to the stone, 

 or slightly stained there with pale red ; melting, very juicy, with 

 a rich, high flavour. Stone oval, rough, of a pale colour. Last 

 of August and beginning of September. Flowers small. 



Faikchild's. Lind. Thomp. 

 Fairchild's Early. 



A very small, indiff'erent sort, only valued for its earliness, and 

 scarcely worth cultivating when compared with the following. 



Leaves with reniform glands. Fruit small, about an inch 

 and a fourth in diameter, round, sliglitly flattened at the top. 

 Skin yellowish -green, with a bright red cheek. Flesh yellow 

 to the stone, rather dry, with a sweet, but rather indifferent fla- 

 vour. Beginning of August. Flowers small. 



Hunt's Tawny. Thomp. 



Hunt's Large Tawny, ) j^.^^ 

 Hunt's Early Tawny, ) 



This is the best very early Nectarine. It is a very distinct 

 sort, with serrated leaves, and was originated in England about 

 thirty years ago. It is worthy of general cultivation, as it is not 

 only early, but hartly, and an abundant bearer. 



