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GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



Plum, especially in sandy soils, unless the trees are daily 

 jarred, and the insects collected on sheets as they fall, and 

 immediately destroyed. A limb may be sawed off a tree, 

 and the stump hit a few smart blows with a mallet ; if 

 gently shaken, the insect will not let go its hold. Or 

 another plan is to plant the trees by themselves, and ad- 

 mit poultry and hogs to eat the fallen fruit, which will, if 

 other fruit gardens are not near, protect the crop. The 

 borer infests the Nectarine as well as the Peach. Aside 

 from the curculio, the nectarine is as hardy and easily 

 raised as the peach, though scarcely equal to the best 

 peaches in flavor. It requires the same soil and treatment 

 as the peach. The best varieties are : 



Hunt's Tawny. — Leaves serrate ; flower3 small ; fruit 

 medium size, roundish oval, with a swollen point; skin 

 pale orange, dark red in the sun, mottled with russet 

 specks ; flesh orange, juicy, melting, and rich ; a good 

 bearer. Ripens July 10th. Free. 



Violet Hative, or Early Violet. — Glands reniform; 

 flowers small, fruit large, roundish, pale yellowish-green, 

 with a purplish-red cheek, mottled with brown; flesh 

 whitish-red at the stone, melting, juicy, and delicious. 

 Ripens July 20th. 



Elruge. — Glands reniform ; flowers small, fruit medium, 

 roundish oval ; suture slight ; skin pale green, with deep 

 violet or blood red cheek, and minute brown specks ; 

 flesh pale green, pale red at the stone ; melting, juicy, 

 and rich ; stone oval, rough, and pale colored. Ripens 

 July 25th. 



©OVVnton. — Glands reniform ; fruit large, roundish oval ; 

 skin pale green, flesh-red at the stone ; melting and de- 

 licious. Ripens July 25th. 



Boston. — Glands globose ; flowers small ; fruit large, 

 roundish oval ; skin bright yellow, with a deep red cheek ; 



