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chased at the nurseries of tlie Messrs. Prince, of Fhisliing, 

 L. f., thirty years ago : and those who imagine that the peach 

 can scarcely be preserved in health or vigor, above half a 

 dozen years, should see this tree. By judicious pruning, with- 

 out which no peach tree can be expected to do well, the peach 

 may be made to attain to a good old age. 



The Garden of Mr. Hooker, which adjoins that of Judge 

 Strong, we found a perfect specimen of thorough cultivation. 

 It is principally devoted to the growth of fruit, but, between 

 the trees, marrow squashes, potatoes, and other vegetables, 

 are cultivated to considerable extent. As one item of the 

 product of tiDo acres, we may mention the crop of marrow 

 squashes which was disposed of for five hundred dollars. Mr. 

 Hooker is more successful in the cultivation of this excellent 

 variety, if we might judge from the crop, than most individu- 

 als ; and his success may be, in a great degree, attributed to 

 the destruction of insects; he informed us that, from the two 

 acres, he had gathered, by measure, more than one bushel of 

 squash bugs, that great foe to the growth of the marrow. He 

 manures highly, and the vines grow with the greatest vigor. 



The apples which we saw here in considerable quantities 

 were the Fameuse, Swaar, Twenty Ounce, Belltiower, iEsopus 

 Spitzenberg, and Hooker, the latter a variety introduced to 

 notice by Mr. Hooker, and but liitle known; it is an immense 

 bearer, medium size, very fine, and keeping remarkably well. 

 The Fameuse is a most productive apple — and the fruit al- 

 ways commands a ready sale. Mr. Hooker adopts the plan 

 which we have often noticed, of hanging bottles, filled with 

 molasses and water, among the branches of his trees, espe- 

 cially peaches; thousands of insects are entrapped and de- 

 stroyed in this way. Stevens's Genesee pear, a variety 

 which originated in this neighborhood, is a most excellent 

 fruit, deserving extensive cultivation, and we noticed trees 

 that produced beautiful specimens. Swan's Orange, and 

 other fine pears, have been added to the collection, but they 

 were not now in bearing. 



The Gardens of Mr. H. Gay, and A .Frost, are remarkable 



as containing some very large and vigorous trees of the White 



Doyenne pear, bearing, we should judge, two or three barrels 



each, of as fine fruit as we ever saw. Three trees of the 



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