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ers freely from its roots — the only case of the peach suckering I 

 ever heard of, — and the tree withstood, with very little injury, 35°. 

 But, unfortunately, its fruit buds are killed by 26°. Here we have a 

 very hardy peach tree, bearing very choice fruit, but without what 

 we want most, namely, hardy fruit buds. . t 



The Wild Goose is undoubtedly a hybrid between the peach and 

 Chickasaw plum. 





