CATALOGUE OF FBUITS. 81 



SELECT NECTARINES. 



The Nectarine requires the same culture and management as the peach, from which 

 it differs only in having smooth skin like the plum. It is peculiarly liable to the attacks 

 of the curculio. The same remedy must be applied as recommended for the plum. 



PRICES OF NECTARINE TREES. 



On Peach stock 35 cents each; $3 per dozen. 



On Plum " 50 " " $5 



Boston — Large, bright yellow, with a red cheek; flesh yellow, sweet and pleasant fla- 

 vor; freestone. First of September. 



Do\i'iiton — Large; greenish white, with a dark red cheek; flesh greenish white, rich 

 and high flavored; one of the best. Freestone. 



Early Newingtoii — Large; pale green, red in the sun; flesh pale red at the stone^ 

 juic}^ and rich; adheres to the stone. 



Early Violet — Medium size; yellowish green, with a purple cheek; flesh pale green, 

 melting, rich and high flavored ; freestone. Last of August. 



Elrug"e — Medium size; greenish yellow, with a dark red cheek; flesh greenish white,, 

 juicy and high flavored; excellent. Beginning of September. 



Hardwicke — Large; pale green, with a violet red cheek; flesh pale green, juicy, melt- 

 ing and rich. Eiid of August. 



Late Melting" — Greenish white, and red; medium quality. Very late. 



Lord Napier — Earliest large Nectarine known. 



Milton — Very large; finely flavored. September. 



Newton — Very large and fine. September. 



Pitmaston Orange — Large; orange and yellow; flesh orange, rich and fine; free- 

 stone. An excellent English sort. September. 



Ked Roman — Greenish yellow and red; flesh greenish yellow, rich and good; free- 

 stone. September. 



River's Orange — An English variety, raised from Pitmaston; hardy and prolific. 



Spenser — Ver}^ large; rich and fine; freestone. Late, 



StanW'iek — An English variety that has attracted much attention. Ripened under 

 glass there, it is pronounced fine. 



Victoria — Very large; one of the finest of the English varieties. 



QUINCES. 



Price 50 cents each ; $4 per dozen. 



Apple, or Orange — Large, roundish, with a short neck; of a bright golden yellow 

 color. Tree has rather slender shoots and oval leaves; very productive. This is 

 the variety most extensively cultivated for the fruit. Ripe in October-. 



Angers — A strong, rapid growing sort. ' 



Champion — A new variety, which we fear ripens too late to be valuable here. The 

 tree bears early and abundantly, and is vigorous. 



Rea (Rea's Mammoth) — A v-ery large and fine variety of the Orange Quince. A strong 

 grower and productive. We consider this the best of all the quinces. 



