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tinge of red ; flesh white, tender, juicy, rich, vinous ; stone small. Sea- 

 son medium or first of autumn. English. 



Aownton. — Medium in size, roundish-oval, pale green, with a deep 

 violet-red cheek ; flesh pale green, slightly red at the stone ; melting, 

 rich, excellent. Ripens end of summer. This is perhaps the best 

 flavored of all the nectarines. English. 



Hunt's Tawny. — Nearly medium size, roundish-ovate, narrowed and 

 pointed at apex, one side slightly enlarged ; skin, a dark-red cheek on 

 pale orange, with numerous russet specks ; flesh deep orange, rich, 

 juicy, good. English. Valuable for its early maturity, ripening quite 

 early, or three weeks before the close of summer. Often mildews 

 badly. 



Early Newington. — {Syn. black, early black, Ijucombe's seedling.) 

 Large, roundish-ovate, one side slightly enlarged, apex pointed ; skin 

 pale green, nearly covered with bright red and with darker marblings 

 and dots ; flesh greenish-white, deep red at the stone, juicy, with a fine 

 rich flavor. First of autumn. 



Its enemies, diseases, etc., are the same as those of the peach, which 

 see. 



PACKING APPLES FOR SHIPPING.— Messrs. Chas. R. Huntington & Co., 

 New York, give the following directions for packing and shipping green 

 apples : 



" Green Apples, if designed for shipment to New York or any other 

 market, should be carefully picked by hand from the trees, in baskets 

 which will contain about half a bushel, and always handled with great 

 care, studiously avoiding the slightest bruise. 



"Good strong barrels, that will hold two and a half bushels, should be 

 made expressly and brought into the 6rchard, which is the place above 

 all others most desirable for packing. Let each barrel be packed under 

 the supervision of a faithful, practical man, in the following manner : 

 First, put in a layer of smooth, uniform-sized fruit, regularly laid in 

 tiers upon the head that is to be branded or opened in market, proceed 

 to fill the barrel, with the baskets small, enough to be admitted into the 

 barrel, and empty, (this is to avoid the certain bruises caused by filling 

 from the top.) Shake the barrel frequently, and when full arrange the 

 apples so that the head will rest upon them smoothly, and in order to 

 secure them from shucking in the barrel. It is necessary to have it so 

 well filled as to require hard pressing to get the head into the crozen. 



"A cheap and economical press may be arranged thus — secure to a 

 tree, or post, a loop, either rope or leather, at the right point to receive 

 one end of a hickory pole ten or fifteen feet in length, and let it rest 

 upon three or four pieces of plank laid across the head, one upon the 

 other, cut about the length of the head, and thick enough to give the 

 right purchase to the lever or spring-pole. In this manner apples (or 

 potatoes) may be packed so as to stand railroad or any other transpor- 

 tation, and being in prime oi'der will always command a quick sale at 

 good prices. They should be assorted, and all wind-fall, wormy, small 

 knurly, and poor common fruit rejected." 



