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between that period and the commence- 

 ment of the leafing, wliicli affords the tree 

 shelter as well as promotes circulation : it 

 is then adviseable to afford to the fruit the 

 best protection we can ; and as vegetation 

 can only be accelerated by warmth at this 

 season, that mode of covering will be 

 found best which partakes of the me- 

 chanical action of leaves, it therefore a|)- 

 pears that the above mode of protection 

 is of all others that which comes nearest 

 to the leaves in this operation. — It is 

 moreover of all others the cheapest and 

 most convenient mode of protection. 



Mr. Knight has also raised some fine va- 

 rieties of peaches, viz. 



The Acton Scott^ and 



The Downton Peach. The fruits of 

 both are fine and ripen early : I have trees 

 of both kinds. 



We have most undoubtedly reason to 

 lament the number of kinds of peaches 

 with which our nurseries abound, and 



