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Beauty of Vitry. This variety we received 

 from William Prince & Co. It is a fine large 

 freestone peach, of a rich flavor, and appears iden- 

 tical with the Late Admirable. This variety is 

 worthy of extensive cultivation. Ripens in Oc- 

 tober. 



Apricot. This handsome early fruit is not 

 much cultivated with us ; the only variety we cul- 

 tivate is the Moorpark, which does well, particu- 

 larly when grown upon the plum root. They re- 

 quire very much the same treatment as the peach, 

 shortening in of the branches, so necessary with 

 the latter fruit. 



PLUM STOCKS FOR PEACHES. 



In England, where peaches are invariably rais- 

 ed upon walls, or trellises, they almost universally 

 make use of the plum as a stock to graft upon. 

 In our country, where peach trees grow so luxu- 

 riantly, we should not recommend this stock, as 

 the scion not only overgrows it in a short time, 

 producing an unsightly appearance, but is exceed- 

 ingly apt to be blown down by the wind ; the 

 roots of the plum, being of a much slower growth, 

 are not sufficiently large and expanded to support 

 the larger top or branches. 



Budding the peach upon this stock, even to the 

 height of six or eight inches from the ground, we 

 have found no security from the ravages of the 

 borer, as that insect will pass over the plum, and 

 enter into the peach at, or just above, the junc- 

 tion. We have generally preferred to bud on 

 stocks of seedling peaches, considering them 

 decidedly superior to the plum, particularly when 

 wanted for standards. 



