"Navar peach is of a whitish color and comes clean from the stone."
Near. 1. Mich. Sta. Sp. Bul. 44:58 fig. 1910.
Near originated with John Near, Shelby, Michigan. It is a seedling of Chili, probably fertilized by Early Crawford. It ripens a week ahead of Chili and is considered promising but has not yet been disseminated.
Nectar. 1. Barnes Bros. Cat. 4. 1913.
According to Barnes Brothers, Yalesville, Connecticut, Nectar was received in a shipment from Texas. Tree thrifty, hardy; flowers large; fruit of medium size; skin and flesh yellow, nearly free; ripens before Greensboro.
Nectarine. 1. Jour. Hort. N. S. 15:208. 1868. 2. Hogg Fruit Man. 454. 1884.
Thomas Rivers, Sawbridgeworth, England, grew this peach from a pit of the Grand Noir nectarine. Leaves with reniform glands, small; flowers large; fruit very large, ovate, terminating in a pointed nipple; skin nearly smooth like a nectarine, yellow, with a mottled, red cheek; flesh semi-transparent, red at the stone, melting, brisk, rich; freestone; ripens the middle of September.
Need. 1. Mich. Sta. Bul. 118:31. 1895. 2. Ibid. 169:221. 1899.
Tree moderately strong, round, upright; glands reniform; flowers small; fruit of medium size, roundish, slightly ovate; suture extends two-thirds around the fruit; flesh yellow, stained at the stone, juicy, tender, mild, vinous; quality fair; season the last of August.
Neil (Marshall). 1. Mich. Sta. Bul. 118:31. 1895. 2. Ibid. 169:221. 1899.