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own against any we have tried, not so' much for foliage as rich tender 

 roots. Fruit-trees, Roses, Shrubs, and all general nursery stock, are 

 grown here in quantity. Among fruit-trees, large breadths of the 

 hardier kinds of Apples are kept. Cultivators are gradually increasing 

 their stock of kinds which can be depended on for bearing : among 

 these, in the way of Apples, are King of Pippins, Stirling Castle, 

 Aitkin's No. 2, and Lord Suffield: and were we to form a new orchard, 

 these kinds would form a large portion of our collection. For seven 

 years under my care these Apples have been abundant every season — 

 indeed, Aitkin's No. 2 will, if not looked after, in time fruit itself to 

 death. Messrs Sang's nursery is famous for its high keeping; we believe 

 it is surpassed by none in Britain in this respect. This opinion is 

 endorsed by Mr Thomas Osborn (of Osborn & Sons, Fulham Nur- 

 series), w^ho travels from London to Aberdeen annually, and has ample 

 opportunities of judging. After leaving this nursery, we entered 

 'St Brycedale, the suburban residence of Provost Swan. Places of this 

 stamp seldom come in for the share of praise they deserve, and still 

 it is from this class that the finest examples of horticultural produce 

 are brought to our great exhibitions. M. Temple. 



{To he continued.) 



PEACH-TREES ON THE EXTEJSTSION QR 

 SPUE, SYSTEM. 



Some years ago I tried the spur system in cultivating the Peach, not 

 thinking that I would get better fruit from the spurs than from the 

 long-rod system, but thinking that I might reduce the labour to a com- 

 mon or every-day affair ; so that I could call a handy man off the vege- 

 table quarters at any time, and with the shorter amount of practice be 

 able to teach him the short-spur system, and to be able to understand 

 and attend to the system, when required, by the simple mode of 

 pinching. 



In the first place, I regulated some pretty well-trained trees for 

 my experiment ; and, in short, as to fruitfulness, the adopted system 

 worked very well, as the fruit set in clusters, and did very well for 

 every-day fruit. Upon the whole, the system only lacked two things 

 — and rather important ones too — first, size to command a good price 

 in market ; and, secondly, the short-spur system never gave me any 

 silver or silver-gilt medals, — therefore I let the trees have their fling 

 out again on the extension system. 



But since then I have again altered my system a little, chiefly to pre- 

 vent the trees getting overcrowded with foliage, and the modus ojper- 



