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and trained as espaliers upon walls or fences. They 

 often produce fine fruit, particularly the apricot. 

 The following are among the best varieties of the 

 latter fruit : Peach, Apricot, Moorpark, Holland, 

 and Hemskirke. 



Added to the list by the compiler. 

 No. 16. Crawford's Early. This is a large 

 sized fruit, the form round, the skin of a beautiful 

 bright yellow, with a large portion of red on the side 

 exposed to the sun ; the flesh melting ; a freestone, 

 and a popular early variety, ripening in August. 



No. 17. Cooledge's Favorite. A large sized, 

 rather oblong peach, of fine flavor, and a popular 

 fruit in the market. Ripe in September. 



No. 18. Early York. The peach we cultivate 

 under this name resembles the Royal George, in 

 form, flavor, color, and time of ripening ; it is, how- 

 ever, a much greater bearer, and is the most profita- 

 ble variety for fruiting we possess. 



No. 19. George the Fourth. An excellent 

 peach, of medium size, and globular shape, of a pale 

 yellow color in the shade, and dark red next the sun ; 

 flesh yellow, but red at the stone, from which it 

 separates. Originated in New York ; ripe in Sep- 

 tember. 



