PEACH AND NECTARINE. 101 
or more of unleached ashes around the crown of the root 
in the month of April is recommended as a good destroyer 
of the peach worm. A mixture of common salt and salt- 
petre, one-eighth of the latter to seven-eighths of the for- 
mer, has also been successfully applied in a similar man- 
ner. Freshly slaked lime, half a peck heaped up around 
the crown of the root of each tree, is also recommended, 
the lime to be spread out over the ground the succeeding 
year. All these plans are doubtless advantageous, not 
only from their often destroying’ the worm, but by their 
contributing fertilizing qualities to the soil. 
NECTARINES. 
Fairchild’s Early.—A beautiful little freestone ; chiefly, 
however, cultivated for its earliness. It ripens sbout the 
middle of August. a: 
‘Elruge; L. Hort. Cat. 21. Lind. p. 287 (not of Mil- 
ler).—It is an excellent fruit, of a moderate size; flesh 
white, almost to the stone, which is free. The tree forces 
well, and is a good bearer. Fruit ripens about the begin- 
ning of September. 
Hunt’s Tawny.—Size moderate; skin pale orange next 
the wall, russet-red towards the sun; flesh deep orange, 
juicy and well-flavored; a freestone. A very distinet 
sort, worthy of galtiyatian for its earliness. 
Early Newington. —A fine large clingstone; pale green 
on the shaded side, bright red next the sun; juice saccha- 
rine and well flavored. Ripens in August. 
Red Roman.—An excellent old clingstone, now seldom 
to be met with genuine, but worthy of re-introduction. 
The Stanwick Nectarine, a new fruit, was introduced 
into notice in England in 1850 or 1851, with great eclat ; 
but it is doubtful whether it will sustain its high reputa- 
