PEACH AND NECTARINE. 103 
tarine, raised by S. G. Perkins, of Boston, from the Lewis’s 
Seedling. Its shape is round, color bright-yellow, with 
dark crimson on one side. The flesh is tender, juicy and 
high flavored. 
At the meeting of the National Convention of Fruit- 
growers, the Eiruge Downton and Early violet varieties 
of the nectarine were adopted without objection, as of the 
first quality for this country. Some of the best authori- 
ties present, among whom were Messrs. Downing, Buist, 
and Hancock, concurred in pronouncing the Downton the 
very best of nectarines. 
‘The nectarine grows best in the Middle States, in shel- 
tered situations, and may be advantageously trained to 
fences and walls. 
Choice Peaches and Nectarines for raising under glass. 
—For a small glazed house, and for the wall of a middle- 
sized garden, the following selection of peaches and necta- 
rines is recommended. Jor the peach-house—Royal 
George, Barrington, Noblesse, Bellegarde, Grosse Mig- 
nonne, Early Purple peaches; Violette hative, Hunt’s 
Tawny, Elruge, and Roman nectarines. For the wall— 
Royal George, Late Admirable, Noblesse, Malta, Neil’s 
Early Purple, Early Ann, Grosse Mignonne, Barrington, 
Bellegarde, George the Fourth, and Spring Grove peaches ; 
Nectarines, Karly Newington, Hunt’s Tawny, Violette 
hative, Fairchild’s Early, Roman, and Pitmaston Orange. 
Production of New Varieties.—F or information respect- 
isg the best modes of raising new varieties of peaches and 
nectarines, the reader may be referred to Mr. Knight's 
papers in the first volume of the Transactions of the 
Horticultural Society of London. That ardent horticul- 
turist entertained the hope that, by repeated sowings, the 
peach might acquire so robust a habit as to be capable of 
