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Early Black. See Early Newington. 



EARLY NEWINGTON {BImIc; Early Black; Lucombe's Black; 

 Lucombe's Seedling ; New Dark Newington). — Fruit, large, roundish- 

 ovate, enlarged on one side of the suture ; apex ending in a swollen 

 point. Skin, pale green in the shade, but bright red, marbled with 

 deeper red, next the sun, covered with a thin bloom. Flesh, greenish 

 white, very red next the stone, to which it adheres ; rich, sugary, 

 vinous, and very excellent. Flowers, large. Glands, none. 



It is earlier and much richer than the Old Newington, and ripens 

 early in September. 



Early Yiolet. See Violette Hdtive. 



ELRUGE (Claremont ; Oatlands ; Oldenburg ; Springrove ; Tem- 

 ple). — Fruit, medium sized, roundish-oval. Skin, pale greenish in the 

 shade, deep red next the sun, interspersed with dark brownish russet 

 specks. Flesh, pale towards the stone, melting, juicy, and richly 

 flavoured. Stone, oval and rough. Flowers, small. Glands, kidney- 

 shaped. 



This is one of the best nectarines. It ripens in the end of August 

 and beginning of September. The tree is an excellent bearer, and 

 forces well. 



The name Elruge is derived from an anagram of Gurle or Gonrle, who was a 

 nnrseryman at Hoxton, or Hogsden as it was then called, near London. Mr. 

 Lindley says he was a nurseryman at Hoddesden in Hertfordshire, but that is a 

 mistake. It is he of whom Leonard Meager speaks when, writing in 1670, he says, 

 " Here follows a catalogue of divers sorte of fruit which I had of my very loving 

 friend Captain Garrle, dwelling at the great nursery between Spittle-fields and 

 Whitechappel, a very eminent and ingenious nurseryman, who can furnish any 

 that desireth with any of the sorts hereafter mentioned ; as also with divers other 

 rare and choice plants." Switzer says : " The Elrouge Nectarine is also a native of 

 our own, the name being the reverse of Gourle, a famous nurseryman at Hogsden 

 in Charles the Second's time, by whom it was raised." 



Emmerton's White. See White. 



FAIRCHILD'S. — Fruit, small, round, slightly flattened at the top. 

 Skin, yellowish green, bright red next the sun. Flesh, yellow to the 

 stone, dry, and sweet. Stone, nearly smooth. Flowers, lai-ge. Glands, 

 kidney-shaped. 



Ripens in the beginning and middle of August ; but it is of little 

 merit, its only recommendation being its earliness. 



This was raised by Thomas Fairchild, a nnrseryman at Hoxton, who died in 

 1729. He was the author of " The City Gardener," and some papers in the 

 "Philosophical Transactions." By his will he left £25, which was subsequently in- 

 creased to £100, to the trustees of the charity school and the churchwardens of 

 Shoreditch, for a sermon to be preached on Whit Tuesday in the afternoon in the 

 parish church for ever, "On the wonderful works of God in the creation," or 

 " On the certainty of the resurrection of the dead, proved by the certain changes 

 of the animal and vegetable parts of the creation." 



Flanders. See White. 



