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brownish-red cheek ; flesh yellow, firm, red to pit (somewhat like 

 an apricot), juicy, rich, sweet, vinous. Of great value as a showy 

 late peach. 



McKEvrrr's CLING (California), L., C.--A very large white 

 peach; flesh very firm, fine grained, sugary, and rich high flavour,, 

 white to pit ; skin strong and fruit excellent for shipping or 

 canning. Tree remark-ably strong in growth and free from disease. 



PHILLIP'S CLING, L., C. A highly-commended Californian 

 peach for canning. Fine large yellow cling, no colour at the pit, 

 which is very small ; exceedingly rich and high coloured. 



SELECT NECTARINES (Prunus Persica, var.). 



A Composite Fruit: part Peach, part Nectarine. Gardener's Chronicle. 



The peach and the nectarine are closely related, as shown in an 

 illustration of a strange commixture or blending of the peach and 

 of the nectarine on the same specimen. Although the peach is the 

 mother of the nectarine, and this latter fruit is generally reproduced 

 by budding, yet it has often been demonstrated that the nectarine 

 can be reproduced from the stone without grafting or budding. 



As a rule, the nectarine does not adapt itself so well as the 

 peach to varied surrounding circumstances. 



IRREWARRA, E., F. The earliest ; ripening middle of January. 

 Medium size, highly coloured, of good flavour. 



LORD NAPIER, E.,F. One of the earliest nectarines, and also 

 one of the largest. A heavy and regular bearer. Largo pale cream 

 colour, streaked with blood-red to dark crimson on the sunny side. 

 Flesh white, melting, tender, juicy, separating freely from the stone, 

 and with a rich " Stanwick " flavour. Flowers large ; leaf glands 

 kidney -shaped. 



