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THE GARDENER. 



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been cultivated a long time before that period. In tlie south of 

 France it succeeds as a common standard; but in the north it re- 

 (luires to be grown against walls. In Britain it succeeds outdoors 

 only against walls with south aspects ; but even under such favour- 

 able conditions, outdoor crops are very uncertain over the greater 



part of the kingdom. It is only under glass that good annual 

 crops can be produced. The Peach season can, by early forcing 



