VARIATIONS OF PEACHES AND NECTARINES. 165 



I planted stones of this sort in 1856, which, in due 

 time, bore fruit nearly all identical with the parent. 

 One, however, large, and ten days later, I named 

 the Pine Apple Nectarine, owing to its flesh being 

 transparent like the Pine. In 1862 I planted 

 stones of this sort, but the young trees gave slight 

 hopes of deviation. In 1865 several bore fruit, all 

 like their grand-parent the Pitmaston Orange 

 Nectarine, and were laid aside, till one day my 

 attention was drawn to two very beautiful Peaches 

 hanging on one of the trees. Here we have the 

 fourth generation of the Elruge Nectarine, and it 

 proves to be a large and late Peach. 



" I may add that till I had bought my experience 

 of the great variation in seedlings I could hardly be- 

 lieve in the origin of the Pitmaston Orange Nec- 

 tarine, I was, perhaps, more inclined to think so 

 from having received from the south of France, 

 many years ago, a full-sized orange Nectarine 

 under the name of Brugnon Musque. This gave 

 large beautiful flowers, but was a clingstone. 



" I may here mention that, as yet, Apricots have 

 not given the remarkable variation shown by 

 Peaches and Nectarines. — Thos. Rivers." 



It will be seen from the foregoing how short a 

 time it requires to test any new variety. Parents 

 having very distinctive qualities should be selected 

 to experimentalise with, and a short experience 



