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NOTES ON SUl'EUIOR FRUITS. 



commenilaiions. Its power of hani^inj; a this French variety, from the little village, 



much longer time on the tree afleriipeuiiig 

 tlian any other plum of its class, without 

 rotting or hc'ing attacked by wasps, is a 

 point of great value. Wherever it has 

 borne, the testimony is universal that it has 

 on the whole, no superior among plums — 

 and we are proud of its having originated 

 ill what must, indeed, be considered the 

 very meridian for the growth of the plum — 

 the upper half of the valley of the Hudson. 



There has been an extraordinary demand 

 for the trees of this variety during the past 

 season. We are sorry to learn that in more 

 than one case, the Binghayn plum has been 

 sold as identical with it. The latter is a 

 totally different clingstone variety, and al- 

 though a good fruit, is in no respect to be 

 compared with the Jefferson. 



Crawford's Late Melocoton Peach. — 

 This is unquestionably the most magnificent 

 of all yellow flashed peaches. Last year 

 afforded abundant additional proof that it is 

 also one of the most profitable of all orchard 

 varieties. We saw baskets of the fruit of- 

 fered for sale in New-York, from which 

 many specimens would measure nine and 

 ten inches in circumference. As size, and 

 beauty of appearance, tell better than any 

 other qualities in the market, it is not sur- 

 prising that fine baskets of this sort readily 

 command three and four dollars each, 

 when good peaches of the ordinary kinds 

 were w^orth only 75 cents per basket. The 

 tree is very vigorous, with handsome 

 foliage, and bears very large and regular 

 crops. It will probably drive the old Me- 

 locotons {Malagatunes) out of cultivation, 

 as it is in every respect superior to it. It 

 appears also one of the hardier sorts. We 

 have seen specimens of the largest size 

 grown almost without care, as far north as 

 the neighborhood of Boston. 



Belle de Choisy Cherry. — Certainly 



whose name it bears, near Paris, is one of 

 the most delicious we cultivate. It is 

 of medium size, and is only a moderate 

 (though very regular) bearer. But it is 

 very beautiful with its thin, semi-transpa- 

 rent skin, and of the most delicate and 

 agreeable flavor. 



The Belle de Choisy is now very well 

 known among amateur cultivators in most 

 parts of the country. We are glad to learn 

 from various accounts, that it proves to be 

 adapted to a great variety of soils and cli- 

 mates- — suiting both the south and tlie 

 north. This might indeed be predicted 

 from its constitutional habit, which is that 

 of the Duke cherries — only one remove 

 from the Kentish or Morello — popularly 

 known as pie cherries — the hardiest of all 

 cultivated cherry trees. 



It is a little remarkable, we may here 

 say, that the cherry, which has the reputa- 

 tion of coming originallj' from Asia iMiiior, 

 should be found a difficult tree to cultivate 

 in our Southern States. All the finest 

 Heart and Bigarreau cherries absolutely 

 suffer in many parts of the south from the 

 exposure of their trunks to the heat of the 

 sun. The only remedy that w-e can sug- 

 gest for those districts, is to keep the head 

 of the trees low — plant them in northern 

 situations, and sheath the stems with straw. 

 The latter will, in most cases, prevent the 

 distension and bursting of the sap-vessels, 

 and splitting of the trunk, to which this tree, 

 in all its more valuable varieties, is subject 

 in such situations. 



Pears. — The pears which appear to have 

 risen very highly in the public estimation 

 during the past two seasons, are the Beurr'' 

 d'Aremberg, the Beurre Bosc, and the Dear- 

 born's Seedling. 



The Beurre d'Aremberg is now almost 

 unanimously acknowledged by our best 



