104 Account of Nectarines and Peaches on the same Branch. 



The third instance is commemorated in a painting by the 

 celebrated Ehret, now in the possession of Messrs. Lee 

 and Kennedy : being accompanied with a dissection of the 

 two fruits, which are the Alberge jaune, sometimes called the 

 Orange Peach, it is very satisfactory. 



The fourth instance was noticed more lately in the garden 

 of William Gilpin, Esq. at East Sheen ; of this likewise 

 a painting, but without dissections, has been made by Mr. 

 Hooker, nor can I from it ascertain the variety. 



The fifth instance was discovered early in June last, in 

 the garden of Sir John Arundel, at Huntingdon : having 

 never seen one, I went there immediately, and after detach- 

 ing the branch carefully from the wall, soon satisfied myself, 

 that no bud had been inserted : there was, however, only a 

 single Nectarine upon the tree, which the gardener said was 

 the Belle Chevreuse, and a pretty accurate sketch of the 

 branch is annexed. 



The sixth instance was in Mr. Wilmot's garden at Isle- 

 worth, which I also saw in August last, and learnt that his 

 tree, which is the Royal George, seldom fails to produce fruits^ 

 with both smooth and downy coats, or in fact Peaches and 

 Nectarines ; two only of the latter then remained, and had 

 been much damaged by snails. 



I forbear to recite any others, these being more than suffi- 

 cient to establish the fact: but my enquiries fortunately 

 terminated with the singular example now exhibited, of 

 both fruits joined in one. I have to thank Dr. Batty for 

 it, who accidentally observed it among a number of Peaches 

 sent to him by James Wyatt, Esq. from the neighbourhood 

 of Hounslow, during our vacation, and as it was already 



