126 The Garden. 



4. RoHon'^s Delicious.— 'Large ; creamy white, with a faint blush toward the 

 sun ; flavor like the Heath. New, but excellent. Georgia. 



5. Lemon Clingstone.— Large ; fine yellow, with a brownish, red cheek ; 

 rich, sprightly, vinous, sub-acid; flesh yellow. Best of the yellow-fleshed 

 clings. South Carolina. 



Set peach-trees about sixteen feet apart each. way. Bone- 

 dust and wood-aslies are the special manures most likely to be 

 serviceable to them. 



The peach is somewhat dwarfed and rendered hardier in a 

 northern climate by grafting on a plum stock. It requires but 

 little pruning, except "shortening-in," which should be done 

 early in the spring every year so long as the tree lives. Cut 

 off half the last year's growth over the whole outside of the 

 tree. This method will increase the size and value of the fruit, 

 and cause the tree to live and continue in bearing several years 

 longer than under the old system. 



Every one who cultivates peaches should preserve a quantity 

 for winter use, either in air-tight cans or by drying. 



2. The Nectaeike — Persica Vulgaris Lcevis. 

 The nectarine is only a distinct accidental variety of the 

 peach with a smooth skin. The well-known Boston nectarine 

 originated from a peach-stone. Soil, manure, and culture are 

 the same as for the peach. It is a beautiful fruit, but, on ac- 

 count of its liability to be destroyed by the curculio, is little 

 cultivated. Good crops are rare. 



1. JTunPs Taivny.— Medium; pale orange, with a dark red cheek; very 

 good. The best early variety. England. 



2. Violet Ildtice (Early Violet).— Rather large ; pale, yellowish-green in the 

 shade, but when exposed of a dark, purplish red ; very rich and highly flavored. 

 The best of all nectarines. France. 



8. Mrwffe.—Uadium ; purplish red, like the Violet Hdtive, but may be read- 

 ily distinguished from tlie latter by the pale color of its stone ; rich and high 

 flavored. Kxccllcnt. England. 



4. Z>ciwz;on.— Intermediate between the Violet Hative and the Elruge. 

 Very good. 



5. Stanwicl:—A new and highly extolled variety from England. Kequires 

 hot-house culture at the North. Will probably be found adapted to the South. 



