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The fruit is more liable to the attacks of the curculio than 

 the Peach, and on this account is even more difficult to secure 

 than a crop of Peaches. The following varieties are the most 

 worthy of attention by cultivators in Canada. 



DowNTON. — The j&ruit is of large size, greenish white, with a 

 deep red cheek; the flesh also has a pale green cast, but is rich, 

 melting and high flavored. Eipens the very last of August. 



Early Xewington. — A cling-stone variety, with large bright 

 red fruit, very handsomely marbled and mottled with dark red, 

 and covered with a thin bloom. The flesh is greenish white, 

 except that next to the stone it changes to pale red; juicy, rich, 

 and of excellent flavor. Eipe early in September. 



Elruge. — Is esteemed one of the very best. Pruit is of 

 medium size, yellowish green with a red cheek; flesh greenish 

 white, very juicy, rich and high flavored. Eipe in the first half 

 of September. 



Stanwick. — For orchard house culture, under glass, this 

 variety bears a high reputation. The fruit is of medium size, 

 tender, juicy, and of superior quality. 



Violet Hative. — Early Violet. — One of the most esteemed ; 

 handsome, and of delicious flavor. The fruit is of medium size, 

 greenish yeUow with a purple cheek, juicy and rich. Eipe lat- 

 ter part of August. 



THE PEACH 



This delicious fruit can be grown in the open ground only in 

 the warmer parts of the Province of Ontario, and then only in 

 warm and dry gravelly or sandy soils, and in sheltered aspects 

 not subject to late spring frosts. Trained against the wall, it 

 does well in ^N'ova Scotia, and other sections where the fruit buds 

 are not killed by the winter's cold. In the earHer history of the 

 country the Peach crop was more abundant and certain than it 

 has been for the past twenty years. The clearing up of the 

 fiountry, with its consequent effect upon the humidity and elec- 



