524 Description of an Elruge Nectarine Tree. 



from the ground, one of them is eighteen and a half inches 

 in circumference, and the other is nineteen. From these 

 two large limbs proceed the different branches which occupy 

 the above trellis. As far as I can learn, the tree was planted 

 a maiden plant about the year 1793, with two other trees, 

 one at each end of the house, which were consequently re- 

 moved to make room for the one now remaining. It has for 

 these last eleven years produced, upon an average, about sixty 

 dozen of fine fruit every season. 



Sir, 



I am your most obedient 



humble servant, 



John Bowers. 



West Dean House, near Chichester, 

 July 3d, 1824, 



