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little attention has been given to this interesting department on the 

 Alleghany. Some fine apples have been produced, and every variety 

 and quality of that fruit can be grown there, after a time of accli- 

 mation of buds and shoots. 



Cydonia vulgaris, Quince-tree. — This well-known tree is a native 

 of Southern Europe. It grows well on the Alleghany. 



Persica vulgaris, common Peach-tree. — This member of the 

 almond family is a native of Persia. It does not find on the Alle- 

 ghany Mountain a very genial clime. Persia and the Alleghany 

 are widely-sundered habitats, but as that mountain has a vital con- 

 nection with the whole globe it must necessarily unite with Persia on 

 some issue of fate and nature. The peach, it seems, is this happy 

 bond, not to mention other equally interesting radicles of associa- 

 tion ! ! ! The juices of the fruit, as grown on the mountain, are not 

 exactly Persian, or even Jersey-an in their deliciousness of flavor, 

 nevertheless, it produces a peach of respectable dimension, and 

 decidedly agreeable character. It requires constant watching and 

 renewing by planting, as the frost frequently kills it entirely to the 

 ground. 



Armexiaca vulgaris. Apricot. — This delicious fruit is a native of 

 Armenia. Very little attention is given to its cultivation in the 

 mountain region of Pennsylvania, and on the Alleghany none 



Prunus domestica, common plum, Gage or Damascene. — The cul- 

 tivated plums are natives of Europe. ''^ Several of the varieties might 

 be cultivated here with success, if attention were given to them. 

 Those that have been tried grow well. 



Cerasus, or Cherry genus. — Professor de Candolle distributes the 

 commonly cultivated cherry into four species ; Dr. Darlington and 

 others into two. These are the Prunus (cerasus) avium, English, or 

 heart cherry, (sweet;) and the Prunus cerasus (vulgaris,) sour red 

 cherry, or Morello cherry. The heart cherry grows well on the Alle- 

 ghany, and with a special luxuriance in the red shales of the eastern 

 base and slope of the mountain. The Morello cherry also grows 

 finely, the whole cherry family seeming to have the most friendly 

 relations to the mountain. f 



RiBES. — The current family are produced in quantities on the 

 mountain. These are the Ribes Uva-crispa, or gooseberry, (Europe,) 

 the Ribes rubrum, or red currant, (Europe,);}: and Ribes nigrum, or 

 black currant, (also Europe.) Like the native species of Ribes, the 

 introduced species seem to flourish as if at home. 



* Prunus domestica, L., the cultivated plum, is now deemed by the best botanists to 

 have sprung from the sloe. — Gray's Manual, p. 113. 



t See wild cherry, or Serasus Serotina, now Prunus Serotina, p. 220. 



t Gray recite? a "rubrum" which is found in New Hampshire as identical. 



