A CATALOG OF NEW FRUITS 
fruits are small, round, bright red, and similar to those of Montmorency in 
flavor. The plant is beautiful in leaf, flower, and fruit. Desirable in the lawn 
or the garden as an 
ornamental and for 
fruit. 
NECTARINES 
A nectarine is a 
smooth-skinned 
peach, a sport of 
the peach. The 
fuzzy skin of a 
peach is objection¬ 
able to delicate 
palates to which 
that of the necta¬ 
rine is pleasing. 
The flesh of the 
sport is sweeter 
and richer than 
that of the peach. 
Nectarines add 
variety and charm 
to the list of hardy 
fruits. All that is 
needed to make 
them as popular 
as peaches is a 
greater number of 
varieties adapted 
to American con¬ 
ditions. 
Breeding A New Apple 
Paper Bag Replaced with Open Netting Sack to Protect 
Fruit and to Permit Sunlight to Reach Leaves and 
Fruit 
Hunter is said to 
have come from an 
Elbertapit. The tree 
is vigorous and pro¬ 
ductive. The fruit 
is large, round, yel¬ 
low with a heavy 
blush. The flesh is 
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