52 THE BOOK OF THE PEACH. 



flavour in the Walburton Admirable and Salway 

 Peaches and the Victoria Nectarine. 



In planting with trees a less number of houses 

 than have been referred to above, those mentioned 

 in the selections of twelve and six varieties of the 

 peach and nectarine may be relied upon ; or the 

 trees may. be easily selected from the general and 

 more extended lists by those responsible for ordering 

 the trees reading and noting the descriptions of the 

 individual varieties enumerated in the book. 



Where there is only one house provided in any 

 one place to grow these much-appreciated fruits in, 

 it should be planted as follows : Peaches : Alex- 

 ander, Hale's Early, Grosse Mignonne, Sea Eagle, 

 Pineapple, and Humboldt Nectarines. Thus 

 planted, a fairly good succession of fruit will be 

 obtained therefrom during the summer and early 

 autumn months, the trees being planted at fifteen 

 feet apart in each and all the houses of the dimen- 

 sions given above. 



PLANTING THE TREES. 



In the case of home-grown trees that is to say, 

 where young trees have been planted between the 

 permanent trees (space permitting) to grow on for 

 a year or two in readiness for transplanting into 

 new houses or taking the place of old trees in 



