THE NECTARINE PLUM.
Nectarine. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 114.
Prune Pêche. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 190. syn.
Caledonian, o f some Collections.
Howell’s Large. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 128.
Two Plums, which it is presumed will now be
rendered very distinct, have hitherto been confused
under the names of Nectarine Plum, Goliath, and
Caledonian. These have been made synonymous in
Hooker’s Pomona Londinensis, t. x x x ix ; in Forsyth’s
Treatise, p. 18 ; and in the Horticultural Society’s
Fruit Catalogue, at no. 114. Either of these names,
it would appear, has been applied indifferently to
both sorts. That now figured will, however, be
found superior to the other, more generally cultivated
under the name of Goliath. The appearance
of the two sorts of fruit is considerably alik e; but
in order to distinguish them very readily, it will
be only necessary to observe, that the shoots of
this sort are glabrous, and those of the other very
pubescent. This smoothness and pubescence extends
also to the fruit-stalks of the respective sorts,
so that they may be known by them, independent
of the shoots.
A good bearer, either on a wall or as a standard,
ripening upon the former at the end of July, considerably
earlier than the Goliath, or the one with
pubescent shoots.