io8 THE BOOK OF THE PEACH. 



VARIETIES TO BE GROWN IN THE OPEN. 



The best varieties to grow in the manner recom- 

 mended above are Peaches : Alexander, Waterloo, 

 Amsden June, and Hale's Early; Nectarines: Pre- 

 coce de Croncels, Early Rivers, and Lord Napier. 

 The varieties of the respective kinds ripen in the 

 order in which their names are given, all being extra 

 early varieties, and therefore are sure to ripen 

 satisfactorily in the open during ordinary summer 

 weather; but the more tropical-like the summer 

 may be the earlier in the season will ripe fruit be 

 gathered, as a matter of course. Top-dressings of 

 stable or artificial manure pointed into the soil 

 around the trees when rain is likely to fall will help 

 the fruit to swell to large dimensions. 



DISEASES AND INSECTS. 



Peach trees treated as recommended in this work 

 are not likely to suffer from disease or the attacks 

 of insect pests always providing that healthy, 

 kindly growing trees were obtained from a reliable 

 source to start with. However, it is as well to 

 briefly refer to the diseases with which the trees 

 sometimes become affected, as well as the insects 

 which, under certain conditions of treatment, prey 

 upon both wood and leaf, and to indicate remedies, 



