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XXXVI. Notice respecting the Pitmaston Orange Necta- 

 rine. In a Letter to the Secretary. By John Williams, 

 Esq. Corresponding Member of the Society. 



Read September 19th, 1820. 



Dear Sir, 



Agreeably to your request, I send you specimens of my 

 Seedling Nectarine. The yellow colour of its flesh will dis- 

 tinguish it from any of the old varieties ; the flavour and 

 aroma are peculiar, and partake in some degree of the 

 mixed taste and smell of a Plum and a Nectarine; it has 

 none of the fine vinous acid so much commended in the pulp 

 of the Red Roman, and Newington Nectarines, but the ad- 

 mirers of rich saccharine fruits will perhaps think it an 

 acquisition, and deserving of culture. It sprang from a 

 stone of the Elruge ripened in the fine season of 1815. The 

 tree grows with great vigour on a south wall, and affords 

 large blossoms, resembling, in this respect, the White Necta- 

 rine, but the petals and stamina are of a much deeper red 

 tint. I have reason to think it will prove hardy, and at pre- 

 sent it seems perfectly free from mildew, or other disease, 

 Believe me, 

 dear Sir, 



yours truly, 

 John Williams. 



Pitmaston, near Worcester, 

 September 15*/t, 1820. 



