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crude, and finer tasted. Be careful not to plant the trees 

 too deep; tor this is injurious to all fruit. Let the pruning 

 of the new-planted trees be omited, till they have taken 

 root. 



Mr. Forsyth gives some particular directions for training, 

 pruning, &c. the trees, to make them good bearers ; all of 

 which may be well enough for the climate of England, but 

 does not seem necessary to be observed here. Where the 

 climate is suitable for peaches, in this Country ; that is, 

 where the frost of the Winter does not kill them ; they gen- 

 erally bear so much that the trees are frequently broken 

 with the fruit, if part ol it be not taken off. 



Mr. Forsyth also gives a list of the best peaches raised 

 in England, which ripen at the different months of the 

 season tor peaches ; but, no doubt, this Country is capable 

 of affording varieties equal, and perhaps superior, if sought 

 after. 



In making a proper selection of trees, from which to graft, 

 or inoculate, a due regard should be had to three essentials. 



1. To obtain the grafts, or buds, from trees bearing the 

 finest fruit. 



2. That this fruit should ripen at different times, from 

 the earliest to the latest of the season for peaches. 



3. That the grafts, or buds, be taken from trees which 

 are plentitui bearers ; but not such as bear so plentifully as 

 to be broken by their fruit. 



But, perhaps, the too-plentiful bearing of trees is a quali- 

 ty not properly descendible to those which are raised from 

 them, by grafting, or otherwise. It would be well to ascer- 

 tain this point, by experiment. 



It is said, by some, that if the stones of peaches be buried 

 immediately, without drying, they will produce trees bear- 

 ing the same kinds of peaches, as those whence the stones 

 were taken. This is well worthy of particular trial. 



Before closing this article, we shall present to our Read- 

 ers the method practised by Mr. Bayley, of Accomac 

 county, Virginia, for cultivating this tree, as communicated 

 by Mr. Gcddes. 



Mr. Bayley has now (1814) sixty-three thousand trees, 

 and a large distilery which is employed only one month in 

 a year. 



* His peach-orchards are planted in rows from north to 

 south, twenty feet apart, and in each row a tree is placed at 

 every ten feet. He has tried a tree at every twelve feet, 

 and prefers ten feet. The stem, from the ground to the 

 limbs, is only two feet long, the trees being less exposed to 

 injury by the winds; and, in Mr. Bayley's opinion, the 

 branches grow more upright, and he is enabled to plough 

 closer to the trees than if the stems were longer. 



