I TO THE FRUIT GARDEN. 



NECTARINES. 



1. Elruge. This is decidedly the best nectarine 

 we have for the open air. The fruit is large and 

 handsome ; and when well ripened, attains to a dark 

 red colour next the sun. The tree is a free grower, 

 even in a middling soil. 



2. Scarlet. Very good, but more delicate than 

 the elruge, and less fit for a bad climate. 



3. Murray. A very good, middle-sized fruit; 

 red towards the sun, and greenish next the wall. 

 The tree is a free grower, and pretty good bearer. 



4. Due de Tello.-~ -This is an excellent, large, 

 high-flavoured fruit, when well ripened ; but it re- 

 quires the full south sun, and a good climate. It is 

 a dark-red, or purple, next the sun, and a bright 

 red on the under side, according to the colour of 

 the soil in which it grows *. The tree grows free- 

 ly, and is a good bearer* 



5. Fairchild's early. This is among the earliest 

 nectarines we have. The tree is hardy, and a good 



* It is a fact known to most gardeners of observation, that tbe 

 colour, and also the quality of soils, have an effect on the colour 

 and flavour of fruits, even on the colour of many flowers. Th,e 

 effects of the colour of soils, on that of fruits, is most percep- 

 tible on the delicate kinds, such as Grapes, Peaches, &c. ; but to 

 a nice observer, it extends in a greater or less degree, to all 

 fruits. For instance, if two black Hamburgh grapes, made from, 

 cuttings of the same plant, shall b? planted, the one in a dry 

 hazely loam, and the other in a moist black earth, the fruit of 

 the one will be brown, or of a grizzly colour, and of the other^ 

 very dark red, or black ; and the grape will be more juicy, 

 though flatter in flavour, than the? other grown in a. drigr soiU 



