296 NECTARINES. 



Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers large. 

 Fruit of the largest size, frequently measuring eight 

 inches and a quarter in circumference, somewhat globu- 

 lar, and a little flattened at its apex. Skin greenish 

 yellow next the wall, but where exposed to the sun of a 

 deep muddy red or purple colour, somewhat scabrous, 

 with brown russetty specks. Flesh firm, greenish yellow, 

 but very red at the stone, to which it firmly adheres. 

 Juice plentiful, sugary, of a very high and vinous 

 flavour. 



Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 



This Nectarine ripened at Twickenham, in 17^7, on 

 a south wall, July 30. O. S., or August 10. N. S. 

 Langley. 



The Red Roman Nectarine has been cultivated in 

 our gardens about two centuries, as appears by Parkin- 

 son's List in 1629, and is one of the largest and best in 

 our present collections. How it should have been mis- 

 taken by practical men I am at a loss to conceive, as a 

 melting fruit has been for years soJd in many of our 

 nurseries under this name, although all writers have 

 described it as a Pavie, or Clingstone. 



At present it is very difficult to be met with ; but 

 steps have been taken to render it again plentiful, by 

 furnishing cuttings from a tree I raised thirty years 

 ago, to Mrs. Mackie of Norwich, of whom it may now 

 be had with a degree of certainty. 



26. SAINT OMER'S. G. LindL in HorL Tran$. 

 Vol.v. p. 541. 



Saint Omer's. Uanbury, No. ID. 



Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers 

 large. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat ovate, and gene- 

 rally terminated by an acute nipple. Skin bright red 

 next the sun, and of a pale amber yellow on the shaded 

 jside. Flesh firm, yellowish white, but very red at the 



