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with red cheek ; flesh white, very juicy, excellent flavor. 

 Ripens the middle of August ; freestone. 



Morris White. A well-known variety, size medium, 

 color greenish- white, flavor average. The variety mostly 

 used for preserving. Ripens the middle of September ; 

 freestone. 



Red Cheek Melocoton. Fruit large, yellow, with dark 

 red cheek; flesh orange-yellow, flavor excellent. Ripens 

 the middle of September ; freestone. 



NECTARINES. 



Nectarines are only smooth-skinned Peaches, requiring 

 in all respects similar treatment to the Peach. They are 

 but little grown in this country, as they are even more 

 liable than the Plum itself to injury by the attacks of 

 the Plum Curculio. The same treatment recommended 

 for its destruction in Plums must be applied to the 

 Nectarine. There is a peculiarity in the flavor of some 

 varieties of Nectarines differing from that of any of the 

 Peaches, and by some they are greatly preferred to any 

 Peach in flavor. The varieties are not numerous. 



Early Newingion. Large, roundish oval, greenish- 

 yellow, mottled red ; flesh yellowish-white,, Ripens in 

 September ; cling. 



Hunt's Tawny. Large, round, amber-yellow with red 

 cheek ; flesh orange, melting, flavor excellent. Ripens 

 in August ; freestone. 



Boston. Large, oval, yellow, with mottled crimson 

 cheek ; flesh yellow, quality excellent. Ripens in Sep- 

 tember ; freestone. 



APRICOT. 



The Apricot is closely related to the Plum, but belongs 

 to another species. It is a delicious fruit, and in cold 

 latitudes succeeds best grown against a fence or the sid 



