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ripening, &c.) that an entirely correct catalogue can 

 be expected. The Grosse Mignonne, a superior fruit, 

 is called by Mclntosh, (in consequence of the great 

 number of its synonymes,) " The Peach of an hun- 

 dred names." Nearly, if not all those, however, 

 which are cultivated in the nurseries as early fruit, 

 are of fine quality. Late peaches, such as Heath's 

 clingstone, Ward's late red, and some others, are 

 hardly worth setting in this region, as they will not 

 ordinarily ripen their fruit. The peach tree should 

 be trained low, as in high training they are exceed- 

 ingly apt to die from the lower branches upward. 

 When small trees are set, they should be carefully 

 examined, to see if any gum exudes, and the worm 

 which causes it cut out. A box, without top or bot- 

 tom, or, in other words, four pieces of wood, from 

 eight to ten inches in height, should be placed 

 around the tree, sunk about two inches below the 

 surface, into which place fine charcoal, which will 

 ordinarily keep out the borer, who generally enters 

 the tree at, or near the surface of the ground. We 

 have protected our trees the past season from the 

 worm, by taking thin lead, (such as we find in tea 

 chests,) and cutting it into strips of nine inches in 

 width, bending them close around the tree, three 

 inches below the surface of the ground, extending 

 upon the trunk six inches above the earth. 



In order to keep this tree low, the long shoots 

 should be shortened in July, to about one half their 

 length, always cutting at or near a single, and not a 

 double bud. Young peach trees should never be 



