NECTARINES. 



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TEMPLE'S. Pr. cat. Lang. Mix.. For. 



LOND. HORT. CAT. 



This fruit is oval and of medium size ; its colour is pale 

 red next the sun and yellowish green on the other side ; when 

 it is at perfect maturity the skin becomes shrivelled ; the flesh 

 is of line flavour and abounds with rich juice. This is a free- 

 stone, and is at maturity in September. 



GOLDEN. Pr. cat. Lang. Mil. For. Lond. hort. cat. 



Orange. — Fine golden Jleshed. 



This is a round fruit, of large size ; it is of the finest 

 orange colour, delicately and beautifully mottled with red next 

 to the sun, which gives to it a clear waxen appearance, so that 

 it greatly resembles an artificial preparation. There is per- 

 haps no fruit whatever more beautiful than this, when it is in 

 perfection. The flesh is yellow, firm, adheres to the stone and 

 is of pleasant flavour ; the tree bears well ; the flowers are of 

 small size, and the fruit ripens in September. 



PETERBOROUGH. Pr. cat. Mil. For. Lond. hort. cat. 



Late Green. — Vermash. 



This tree produces small deep red flowers ; the fruit is of 

 medium size, round form, and always of a green colour ; the 

 part next the sun being of the deepest green and the other 

 side of a paler hue ; the flesh is firm and of pleasant flavour ; 

 the fruit ripens in September. 



LEWIS' NECTARINE. Pr. cat. Fes. amer. gard. 



Boston. Lond. Hort. Cat. Lewis' Boston yellow. 



This is said to have originated from seed at or near Boston. 

 It is a beautiful fruit of a dark crimson colour inclining to a 

 purple on the sunny side, and yellow on the other ; the flesh is 

 yellow and of superior quality. There is another variety said 

 to have been raised from the seed of this one, which is some- 

 times called Boston Seedling, and represented to be of large 

 size, and resembling this in its appearance. 



