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bears carriage well, and will keep longer after being gathered than perhaps 

 any other variety. 



Barrington^ syn. Buckingham Mignonne. Large, roundish; pale yellow 

 and red, flesh white, rayed with red at the stone, melting and rich ; middle 

 of September ; a good bearer. 



Bellegarde, syn. Galande, &c. Large, round, deep red clouded with 

 darker red, flesh melting, white, rayed with red at the stone ; excellent ; 

 beginning to the middle of September. A very good bearer, forces well, and 

 altogether a most excellent peach. 



Late Admirable, syn. Royal, &c. Large, roundish, greenish yellow, 

 clouded with red, flesh melting, white, red at the stone ; excellent ; middle 

 to the end of September. A good bearer, and the best late peach. 



1293. Select Nectarines, arranged in the order of thsir ripening. 

 Elruge, syn. Claremont, &c. Middle size, somewhat oval, pale green and 



deep violet ; flesh melting, pale to the stone ; tender and delicious ; end of 

 August to the beginning of September. A very good bearer, and one of the 

 most valuable of nectarmes. 



Violette Hdtive, syn. Hampton Court, &c. Middle size, roundish ovate, 

 pale green and dark violet, flesh melting, pale green rayed with red at the 

 stone ; of highly excellent flavour ; end of August to the beginning of Sep- 

 tember. The tree a very good bearer. This and the preceding sort are the 

 two best nectarines in general cultivation. 



New White, syn. Flanders, &c. Large, roundish, white, tinged with red; 

 flesh melting, white, tender, vinous ; end of August to the beginning of 

 September. A good bearer, but being rather tender it should be budded on 

 some hardy peach or nectarine. A tree of this variety at Butleigh, in 

 Devonshire, completely covers a wall twelve feet high to the extent of forty- 

 four feet; it is trained in Mr. Callow's manner (803 and 1297), and its 

 produce, when thinned to four feet per square foot, is from one hundred and 

 fifty to one hundred and eighty dozen ; a quantity not unusual for it to bear. 

 (G.M., vol. X., p. 38). 



Pitmaston Orange. — Large, roundish ovate, orange yellow, and brownish 

 red ; flesh melting ; orange-red close to the stone ; rich and sweet ; begin- ^ 

 ning of September. A very good bearer, and a vigorous tree. 



1294. Peaches and Nectarines for a wall to come in, in succession, from 

 the beginning of August to the end of September, arranged in the order of 

 their ripening. Peaches : — Early Anne, t Gross mignonne, * Royal George, 



Double montagne, * Noblesse, * Malta, * Royal Charlotte, t Bellegarde, 

 Barrington, t Late Admirable. Of those marked *, two or three plants 

 may be planted ; and of those marked t, three or four, according to the 

 extent of the wall devoted to tliis fruit. The best Nectarines for a wall 

 are, the t Elruge and t Violette Hative. A more extended selection of 

 Peaches and Nectarines for a wall has been already given (888). 



1295. Peaches for a cold late situation. — Acton Scot, which ripens about 

 London in the end of August, and is a very hardy tree ; the Bellegarde, and 

 the Malta, included in our first list (1292). 



1296. A selection of Peaches for forcing. — Bellegarde, Noblesse, Grosse 

 mignonne. Royal George, Royal Charlotte, and Barrington (see 992). 



1297. Propagation and nursery culture. — Budding on plum stocks is the 

 general practice ; but some of the more delicate kinds are budded on the 

 almond, strong growing seedling peaches, or on the apricot. On the peach 



