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Sauway (English), L., F.—Fruit large, roundish, one side en- 
larged, suture distinct; creamy yellow, with a marbled, rich 
brownish-red check; flesh yellow, firm, red to pit (somewhat like 
an apricot), juicy, rich, sweet, vinous. Of great value as a showy 
late peach. 
Sevect Nectarines (Prunus Persica, var.). 
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, vet it has often been demonstrated that the nectarine 
ean 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. 
Few uectarines are worth growing, but some are excellent, 
amongst these :— 
Dr. Cursuotm.—A New South Wales kind, and the best early 
nectarine, ripening just before Christmas, thus making it more 
valuable; good size, fine colour. 
GoupMiINE, M., I’.—-An excellent New Zealand seedling. Fruit 
roundish oval, large; freestone; the pit very small. Flesh cream 
colour, tender, juicy, melting, and delicious flavour. Colour bright 
bronzy red. Ripens end of January; carries well. Tree a free and 
regular bearer. 
Vierorta, L., F.—Fruit very large, pale green, of good quality, 
and a heavy bearer. Ripens middle of February. 
SeLecr CHERRIES (Prunus cerasus). 
Western Australia bas failed so far to establish for cherry 
culture the good fame she has earned in respect to most other fruits. 
Were it not for the high prices offered for fresh local cherries the 
trees would not have proved profitable; they grow luxuriantly and 
blossom properly, but fail to set a crop, and birds are great lovers 
of them. I would caution growers in the warmer districts against 
planting them at all, whilst those located in the cooler and higher 
districts from Katanning-Kojonup to Mt. Barker, the Lower Black- 
wood and the karri gum country generally, should endeavour to find 
ont which sorts suit the surrounding conditions best. A typical 
cherry country is a moist one possessed of well-drained slopes 
covered with deep soil, and one whieh is not exposed to very great 
diurnal and nocturnal changes of the temperature. In this latter 
respect the Western Australian climate may not prove uniform 
enough for cherry culture, the difference between day and night 
temperatures often showing variations of 30 to 40 degrees in the 
