GROWING PEACHES FOK MARKET. 147 



After the BiU'iuird 1 would recommend Jaqucs, or as it is frequently culled 

 Jaqucs' llareripe. Perhaps some ^vill wonder why I do Dot place Old Mixon 

 Freestone hero. ^Yere it not for the fact that I consider it slightly open to the 

 same objection as the Crawford — that of being less certain than t-ome other 

 varieties — I Avould place Old Mixon first on the list. In flavor and size it is all 

 that could be desired. It is a good shipper, while in growth the tree is upright 

 and handsome. But I have them by the side of Jacques, where the latter, 

 although not equal in ai)i)earance, have yet proved tlie most profitable, on 

 account of bearing younger and being more certain of producing a crop each 

 vcar. Still I would uot fail to set a few Old Mixon. 



There seems to be one peculiarity about this variety which it might be well to 

 mention. While many kinds will produce fine specimens of fruit when the 

 trees are young, this does not appear to do so. I have now some trees, which 

 for the first year or two of bearing, produced such inferior peaches as really to 

 cause me to have grave doubts as to whether they were not seedlings. And yet 

 these same trees have since produced many busliels of as nice fruit as is oflen 

 seen. After Old Mixon and Jaques are disposed of, about the next in order of 

 much value is a peach of many names, which is becoming widely known of late 

 as Hill's Chili. I am induced to believe that this peach was imported to this 

 country from France without any name accompanying it. In one instance, at 

 least, with which I am acquainted, it has been traced back until it was dis- 

 covered that Gen. Cass brought it from France, and hence it has been known 

 by some as the Ca?s peach. But whether ho was the first to introduce any trees 

 of that kind, or others may have brought some here before him, could not be 

 learned. One thing, however, seemed certain, that its French name, if it ever 

 had any, was lost. But it is a profitable market peach, if on good soil, and 

 sufficient care is taken to thin the fruit enough. If this is not done, it will be 

 almost certain to overbear and produce small fruit. I think this variety will 

 produce a larger amount of peaches from a given number of trees in the same 

 iirae than any other kind I ever knew. Commencing to bear almost as soon as 

 the tree is large enough to hold up a peach, it seldom or never fails, if there is 

 .any chance at all for peaches in its vicinity. The fruit when well grown is of 

 good qualit}', and usually sells well in market. It comes at a time when there 

 are not very many other varieties ripening. Most kinds coming after these are 

 so late as not always to be depended upon, although many times Smock, Free- 

 stones, and others ripen well and prove remunerative. But these late kinds 

 usually do not ripen until the weather has become so cool that peaches are not 

 so much desired, and their flavor is not equal to those ripened in warmer 

 weather; and while it would be well to get a few of them, yet they should not 

 be planted largely. To recapitulate this subject of varieties there are the three 

 kinds — Barnards, Jaques, and Hill's Chili — that are not only good, but they 

 can also be relied on to produce a crop every time when an}' variety can, and 

 they should be set largely. Early Crawford and Old Mixon Freestone are ex- 

 cellent, but not always as reliable, and hence I would plant of them more spar- 

 ingly, while of the other varieties mentioned I would set more for the purpose 

 of filling up certain parts of the season, rather than because they possess any 

 special superiority. 



TRANSPLANTING. 



And now, returning to the setting out of our trees, the next thing to be 

 •decided is the distance apart. Here the "doctors disagree," various distances, 



