broad. Skin greenish yellow on the shaded side; but when exposed to the sun, of a dark red or purple colour. Flesh greenish yellow, melting and juicy, of a very excellent flavour, and separates from the stone. Ripe the beginning and middle of August. This nectarine ripened at Twickenham, in 1727, on a south wall, July 30. O.S., or August 10. N.S. Langley. The Elruge nectarine, like the red Roman, has been widely mistaken by gardeners, although, till the introduction of Hunt's small Tawny, there was not any nectarine in this country, if elsewhere, which could be arranged in the same class, division, subdivision, and section, with the Elruge of Miller. When the classification of peaches and nectarines was published in the Hort. Trans. in 1824, I expressed my doubts of the sort being then in existence: this impression is not removed; for notwithstanding the circulation of that paper by the Society throughout every part of Great Britain, it has not to this day been received into the Chiswick Garden. If any spirited nurseryman would offer a hundred guineas for its recovery, he would amply repay himself by its sale. Elruge, or Elrouge, is a sort of lame anagram of Gurle or Gourle, the name of a nurseryman at Hoddesdon, in Hertfordshire, in the reign of Charles the Second, who is said to have raised this nectarine. 13. MURRY. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 552. Miller, No. 7. Murrey. Ray, 7. Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small. Fruit middle-sized, rather more long than broad, narrow at the apex, with a little more fulness on one side of the suture than on the other. Skin dark red or purple, pale green next the wall. Flesh pale greenish white, melting, and separates from the stone. Juice U sweet, and well flavoured. almost smooth. Stone oblong, obtuse, and Ripe the middle and end of August. 14. ORD'S NECTARINE. Vol. v. p. 554. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small, dark brown. Fruit somewhat below the middle size, rather ovate, and swelled a little more on one side of the suture than the other. Skin greenish yellow, on the side next the wall, but of a deep purple where exposed to the sun. Flesh melting, greenish yellow, with a little red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, of a very excellent flavour. Ripe the beginning and middle of September. 15. PITMASTON ORANGE. Hort. Trans. Vol. iv. p. 232. t. 6. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 544. Leaves crenate, with globose glands. Flowers large, of a beautiful bright rose colour. Fruit of a good size, wide at the base, almost heart-shaped, the summit being elongated, and terminating in an acute nipple. Skin smooth, of a dark brownish red on the side exposed to the sun, and of a rich yellow on the other side: at the junction of the columns, the red is blended with the yellow, in streaks and dots, and on the darkest part are a few streaks of an almost black purple hue. Flesh melting, deep yellow or orange colour, with a narrow radiated circle of bright crimson round the stone, from which it separates. Juice plentiful, high flavoured, and saccharine. Stone rather small, narrow, sharp pointed and rugged. Ripe the middle of August to the beginning of September, This very valuable nectarine was raised by John Williams, Esq. of Pitmaston, near Worcester, from a seed, of the common Elruge, which ripened in 1815. It is, at present, the only nectarine in the fourth section of the second class, in the synoptical arrangement, which see, at the end of this article. 16. SCARLET. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. 5. p. 552. Miller, No. 4. Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat ovate, generally terminating in a small acute nipple. Skin bright deep sunny side: pale scarlet, tinged with violet on the green next the wall. Flesh greenish white, but red at the stone, from which it separates. Juice sugary and well flavoured. Stone oval, acute pointed, almost smooth. Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 17. TEMPLE. Langley, Pom. t. 30. f. 1. Temple's. Miller, No. 9. Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small, pale. Fruit below the middle size, somewhat ovate, with a slight suture. Skin greenish yellow on the shaded side, but of a carnation red next the sun. Flesh pale yellow to the stone, from which it separates. Juice very well flavoured.. Ripe the beginning and middle of September. This nectarine ripened at Twickenham in 1727, on a west wall, September 4. O.S., or September 15. N.S. Langley. 18. VERMASH. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 29. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 548. Flowers Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. large, deep rose colour. Fruit small, roundish, tapering a little towards the apex. Skin very smooth, of an intense red colour on the side next the sun; greenish on the other side. Flesh white, with a radiated circle of fine red next the stone, from which it separates, of high flavour, melting, juicy, and sweet, relieved by an agreeable acid. Stone small. very Ripe the middle and end of August. There is no doubt that this is the real Vermash Nectarine, which is very well figured by Mr. HOOKER in his Pomona Londinensis. The tree, from which the drawing published in that work was taken, was at Hampton Court, where I examined it in 1823. Mr. Padley, his Majesty's gardener at that time, informed me he had purchased it from Mr. Grimwood, of Chelsea, about 1783. Mr. Hooker's statement, that it was brought from France, appears to want confirmation, as the French books contain no account of a melting Nectarine of this description, with large flowers. The tree is tender, and requires to be planted against a south wall. 19. VIOLET HATIVE. G. Lindl. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 552. Petite Violette Hâtive. Duhamel, 22. t. 16. f. 2. Lord Selsey's Elruge. Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 523. Large Scarlet. Of some Collections, according to the Pom. Mag. Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers small, bright red. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat broader at the base than at the apex; cavity of the stalk middle-sized; the point which marks the base of the style seldom projects, but is generally in a shallow cleft, which runs across the apex. Skin, where exposed, dark purplish red, intermixed or mottled with pale brown dots; next the wall pale yellowish green. Flesh whitish, a very pale yellowish green, tinged with red next the stone, from which it separates freely; melting, juicy, and rich. Stone middle-sized, roundish, obovate, its fissures not so deep nor so sharp as those of the Common Elruge; their ridges flattish, but rough, and of a red colour, by which it may be always distinguished from the fruit just mentioned, the stone of which is pale, with no rays of red passing from it into the flesh.. Ripe from the end of August to the middle of Sep tember. This is a most excellent Nectarine, and ought to be found in every good collection of fruit. The Violet Hative, although of French origin, has long been known in this country under the name of Violet simply. As the French find the necessity of this designation, it is adopted here, because there are other Violette Nectarines which require appellations to distinguish them one from another; besides there appears no good reason for reducing a definitive name in this case, any more than there would be in those of the Avants, the Mignonnes, and the Madeleines among the peaches. All our practical gardeners write for the Violet Hative if they want this fruit. SECT. III. Pavies, or Clingstones. 20. BLACK NEWINGTON. G. Lindl. plan of an Orchard, 1796. Ib. in Hort. Trans. Vol. v. p. 541. Leaves doubly serrated, without glands. Flowers large. Fruit large, almost globular, rather more broad than long. Skin pale green on the shaded side, but of a dark muddy red, or nearly black, where exposed to the Flesh very firm, pale green, but deep red at the stone, to which it firmly adheres. Juice sugary, vinous, and perfumed. Stone large, rugged, almost round. sun. Ripe the beginning and middle of September. The Newington Nectarine, as well as all others belonging to this section, is in its highest perfection when the skin begins to shrivel. 21. BRUGNON VIOLET MUSQUE, Duhamel, 26. t. 18. Brugnon Musqué. Lelieur. Leaves crenate, with reniform glands. Flowers large. Fruit middle-sized, somewhat ovate, generally terminated by an acute nipple. Skin very smooth, of a pale |