. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 158 EARLY NEWINGTON HUMBOLT the Improved Downton of Rivers, differing in having a better bearing tree and a more richly flavored fruit. Tree of medium size, upright-spreading, hardy, very productive. Leaves large, lanceolate, thin, dark green, with kidney-shaped glands. Flowers midseason, 1 inch in diameter, pink, often in pairs, on short, glabrous, green pedicels. Fruit midseason, 2 inches in diameter, round-oval; cavity medium in width and depth; suture shallow; apex a sharp tip ; color greenish-white, with a clean, lively red cheek next to
. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. Fruit; Fruit-culture. 158 EARLY NEWINGTON HUMBOLT the Improved Downton of Rivers, differing in having a better bearing tree and a more richly flavored fruit. Tree of medium size, upright-spreading, hardy, very productive. Leaves large, lanceolate, thin, dark green, with kidney-shaped glands. Flowers midseason, 1 inch in diameter, pink, often in pairs, on short, glabrous, green pedicels. Fruit midseason, 2 inches in diameter, round-oval; cavity medium in width and depth; suture shallow; apex a sharp tip ; color greenish-white, with a clean, lively red cheek next to the sun; flesh pale green, red at the stone, juicy, tender, fine-grained, sweet mingled with some piquancy, rich, aromatic ; quality very good; stone free, ovate, medium in size, corrugated. EARLY NEWINGTON. This old Eng- lish nectarine was at one time very generally offered by American nurserymen, and an oc- casional tree of it is still to be found. The rich, sugary, vinous flavor commends the fruit, but the stone clings so tenaciously to the juicy flesh that the variety is not in favor with dainty eaters. It is an old sort, dating back a century or more, a seedling of Newington, from which it differs in its earlier fruits, which are larger, darker red, and richer in flavor; the parent is now discarded. Tree large, spreading, hardy, productive. Leaves of medium size, lanceolate, thin, dark green, serrated, without glands. Flowers rather early, large, pink. Fruit early ; large, 2 inches in diameter, round-ovate, irregular being enlarged on one side of the suture ; cavity rather deep and wide; suture well marked; apex with a sharp, swollen point; color pale green with an over-color of lively red, marbled with darker red and usually covered with light bloom; flesh pale green, deeply stained witli red at the stone, rich, sweet, juicy, aromatic; quality very good; stone of medium size, clinging rather tenaciously, ovate. ELRUGE. Fig. 146. Mentioned first in 1670 and probably much
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