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lake and the Susquehanna, but also in the elevated region 

 between the Great Bend and the Blue Mountain in Penn- 

 sylvania, this tree has been found healthy and fruitful. 

 We saw several in fine order, the very next season after 

 some had perished with the cold in the low and beautiful 

 valley of Stroudsburgh. 



To some persons this statement may appear like a para- 

 dox. But what are the other facts in this case ? Warmth 

 in winter is pernicious. It starts the sap, swells the bud, 

 and the intense cold that follows destroys bud and branch. 

 On the contrary, the steady cold of the hills is conserva- 

 tive. The bud is so exquisitely folded and prepared for 

 a severe season, that unless it is disturbed by the sap, it 

 is safe from the greatest cold of our latitude. Like the 

 seeds of the melon, or a grain of corn, it appears to be 

 too dry to freeze. 



In the middle districts of our State, let horticulturists 

 therefore remember, that the hills are more favorable to 

 the peach than the valleys ; and if their labors are unre- 

 warded in the low precincts of their villages, let them oc- 

 cupy the neighboring heights, and lay out fruit gardens 

 there. Let them also remember that many trees and 

 shrubs, which are hardy in a dry rocky soil, perish with 

 the cold in a rich' border. In the latter case, the wood is 

 not sufficiently matured, and the frost strikes it when it is 

 full of sap, like a weed. To crop the ends of the peach 

 shoots, when they grow too late, has been useful not so 

 soon in the season as to start the buds, but as soon as that 

 danger is over. We have alluded to the loss of the fruit 

 buds in winter, and the early bloom of this tree. These 

 two causes render the peach a more uncertain crop than 

 the plum or the cherry; but particular circumstances, 

 perhaps not well understood, have had an influence on its 

 productiveness. When trees stand in the same imme- 

 diate neighborhood, some are barren while others bear ; 



