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and more thrifty — give me small, vigor- 

 ous trees." This incident tells the 

 whole story, and should be remember by 

 inexperienced planters. Many years ago, 

 Sir Henry Steward made a plantation 

 of large trees in the moist climate of 

 Scotland, but they made little growth 

 and had a sickly appearance. It was 

 tlien that Loudon, with his long and 

 extensive experience as a landscape gar- 

 dener, offered to make a public test 

 with any one who would try large trees, 

 lie himself planting small and thrifty 

 ones with full roots, in rich, deeply 

 trenched, and well cultivated ground, 

 witli the confident assurance that in a 

 i,Mven number of years he would show 

 ti-ees not only larger but immeasurably 

 finer in appearance. — Country Gentle- 



THE EARLY PEACHES. 



Mr H. M. Engle, of Marietta, Penn., 

 wrote to the Gardener's Monthly the 

 following account of his early ripening 

 peaches. The public will look with 

 intei-est for his report this season : — 



We have fruited this season twenty- 

 six varieties claimed to be from one to 

 tliree weeks earlier than Hale's, a number 

 of which fruited on the same grounds 

 two years ago, and several for the last 

 six to ten years. I have settled down 

 to the firm conclusion that there is not 

 three days difference in time of ripen- 

 i ng of the following varieties, viz : Ams- 

 den, Alexander, Wilder, Musser, 

 Bowers' Early, Baker's Early, Alpha, 

 Governor Garland, Sherfey's Early, 

 Nectar, Early Canada, Waterloo, Down- 

 ing, Saunders, Cumberland, Honey- 

 well's, Climax, Briggs May, Our No. 4. 

 The eleven first named have leaves with 

 ^dobose glands. Waterloo has reniform 

 Ljlands, and the seven last named are 

 ^landless. All the above named varie- 

 ties are just over, while Early Beatrice, 

 Ix)uisa and Early Rivers are just com- 

 i ng in. We picked the first ripe peaches 



about the 22nd of July, while two years 

 ago the first were ripe about 2Gth of 

 June. Early Surprise is just coloring 

 and will ripen about with Hale's. 

 Early Rose and Early Lydia quite 

 green. Flater's St. John, said to be the 

 earliest yellow peach, will ripen, I tliink, 

 with Troth. In testing these varieties 

 we had fixed on several as earliest, but 

 find that comparative earliness varies 

 with same varieties, on the same ground, 

 and with the same trees, in different 

 seasons. 



THE FUTURE OF CANNED GOODS. 



The Sea World says " The future of 

 the canned goods trade of this country 

 is on the whole very promising, though 

 the business is now cursed by many 

 frauds that would kill a trade of less 

 vitality than that of packing. The pre- 

 servation of fruits, vegetables and meat 

 in hermetically sealed cans is an in- 

 dustry of comparatively recent origin, 

 and yet it is of vast extent and import- 

 ance, giving employment to millions of 

 invested capital and thousands of 

 operatives. As extensive as this trade 

 already is, it is yet in its infancy. This 

 is a vast field awaiting further de- 

 velopment. At the present time there 

 are thousands of families who will not 

 use canned goods on account of the 

 abuses that now curse the trade, and 

 from this cause their consumption is 

 greatly restricted No one has yet 

 formed any idea as to what vast extent 

 canned goods would be consumed if 

 there were no light weights or trashy 

 goods, and it was known that the most 

 scrupulous care was exercised in the 

 packing of these goods. Unfortunately 

 there is among people a strong belief 

 that but little cleanliness is observed 

 in packing-houses, and this, of course, 

 keeps many from eating canned goods 

 who would otherwise do so. This be- 

 lief is, to a certain extent, based on good 

 grounds, for there are some houses which 



