On Peach Trees. | 15 
before they come to perfection: and I have never got one 
nectarine except from a young tree planted in the fall 
which yielded me fourteen fine nectarines the ensuing 
summer; since when I have not had another, and I find 
the older my trees are, the more they are infested with 
insects, from which I conclude that were they attacked 
on their first appearance, by destroying the eggs in the 
fallen fruit, or otherwise, it might prevent their increase 
and eventually destroy them.—For several vears my fa- 
mily have been supplied with the finest plumbs by a 
neighbour, who is the only person I know of who has 
had uniform success with them, last year while his trees 
were in full bearing, I carefully examined them, particu- 
larly as respected their culture and local situation, and, 
I found that no uncommon pains had been taken with 
them ; on the contrary, they appeared neglected as was 
evident from the numerous dead and broken limbs that 
hung about them, and that the very great success he 
had, could only be attributed to their situation, which 
was at the place where his hogs laid, and were fed ; he 
told me that the hogs never let a plumb that had fallen 
remain many minutes undevoured, and thereby de- 
stroyed the insects that hung about, and the eggs that 
were deposited in them, though of late there had appear. 
ed but few insects about the trees. 
How easy would it be to inclose a piece of ground 
for the purpose of feeding hogs in, which if planted with 
the best plumb trees, might be made to yield more 
profit than twenty times the same ground would in grain 
or grass, when it is considered the enormous price that 
fruit commands, no doubt owing to the sami of 
