290 NECTARINES- 



sweet, and well flavoured. Stone oblong, obtuse, and 

 almost smooth. 



Ripe the middle and end of August. 



14. ORD'S NECTARINE. G. Lindl.in Hort. Trans. 

 Vol. v. p. 554. 



Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small, 

 dark brown. Fruit somewhat below the middle size, 

 rather ovate, and swelled a little more on one side of 

 the suture than the other. Skin greenish yellow, 

 on the side next the wall, but of a deep purple where 

 exposed to the sun. Flesh melting, greenish yellow, 

 with a little red at the stone, from which it separates. 

 Juice plentiful, of a very excellent flavour. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



15, PITMASTON ORANGE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. 

 p. 232. t. 6. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. 

 p. 544. 



Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, 

 of a beautiful bright rose colour. Fruit of a good size, 

 wide at the base, almost heart-shaped, the summit being 

 elongated, and terminating in an acute nipple. Skin 

 smooth, of a dark brownish red on the side exposed to 

 the sun, and of a rich yellow on the other side : at the 

 junction of the columns, the red is blended with the 

 yellow, in streaks and dots, and on the darkest part are 

 a few streaks of an almost black purple hue. Flesh 

 melting, deep yellow or orange colour, with a narrow 

 radiated circle of bright crimson round the stone, fpm 

 which it separates. Juice plentiful, high flavoured, 

 and saccharine. Stone rather small, narrow, sharp 

 pointed and rugged. 



Ripe the middle of August to the beginning of 

 September. 



This very valuable nectarine was raised by John 

 Williams, Esq. of Pitmaston, near Worcester, from a 

 seed of the common Elruge, which ripened in 1815. 



