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THE FRUIT GROWER'S GUIDE. 



Very early. 

 Early Elvers. 

 Advance. 



Best very early. 

 Early Rivers. 



Second early. 

 Lord Napier. 

 Rivers' White. 



Best second early. 

 Lord Napier. 



III. SELECT VARIETIES FOR FORCING. 



JUidseason. 

 Rivers' Orange. 

 Stanwick Elruge. 

 Violette Hative. 

 Goldoni. 

 Pine Apple. 

 Dry den. 



Three m.idseason. 

 Stanwick Elruge. 

 Dryden. 

 Pine Apple. 



Best midseason. 

 Stanwick Elruge. 



Newton. 

 Milton. 

 Spencer. 

 Victoria. 



Victoria. 



Late. 



Best late. 



The lest forcing nectarine. 

 Stanwick Elruge. 



PROPAGATION AND CULTURE. 



The peach and nectarine require the same cultural treatment in every essential 

 detail. 



Seeds are employed for raising new varieties ; also for growing stocks whereon the 

 approved varieties may be budded. Peach stocks, however, are not sufficiently hardy 

 for employment in this country, the trees doing well only for a short time. Kaising 

 new varieties of peaches and nectarines from seeds is very uncertain and unprofitable, 

 but interesting. 



Budding is far the best method of perpetuating and increasing desirable varieties. 

 The ordinary " shield " budding is practised in July or August, taking care to select 

 and employ wood buds only. For instructions, see Vol. I., page 115. 



Grafting is seldom practised, but it may be successfully performed in spring. The 

 scions must be short-jointed and thoroughly ripe, taking them before the buds com- 

 mence swelling and retarding them until the sap in the stocks begins moving. Whip- 

 grafting is the most desirable method, preparing the scion with about J inch of two- 

 year- old wood at its lower extremity, and taking care that that part does not overlap 

 the cut part of the stock. After operating in the manner described in Vol. I., page 

 122, soil may be heaped round the stocks over the junctions to keep them evenly moist. 



Stocks. The Plum stock is the most suitable and, all points considered, the Black 

 Damask (Damas Noir) with the St. Julien may be regarded as the best stocks generally 

 for peaches and nectarines. 



