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of thousands, and the anxious planters could hardly wait 

 their coming-in, so eager were they to realize the large 

 fortunes their fancies had promised them. The time soon 

 flew by. The trees, whose growth had been watched 

 with almost maternal care, bore, and abundantly, large 

 crops of beautiful and delicious fruit. Now their golden 

 dreams of great and sudden fortune were to be realized. 

 But, alas, 



" Disappointment lurks in many a prize, 

 As bees in flowers, and stings us with success." 



It was soon found there was " too much of a good 

 thing." The market was fully supplied, or overstocked 

 with early peaches, and the inexorable laws of trade soon 

 reduced the price to mere remuneration, or, at best, to a 

 small profit. The consequence was, that early peaches 

 were pronounced a cheat by many who had been most 

 enthusiastic in their favor. Again, it was found that very 

 ^ate peaches brought high prices one or two seasons, and 

 immediately a rush was made on them, but not so general 

 or so intense as the former. Some had been enlightened, 

 and learned to be prudent. Still later, during the season 

 of 1869, it was discovered that some varieties, ripening 

 just in the midst of it, brought the best prices, and forth- 

 with the young trees of these varieties soon disappear, 

 and the perplexed nurseryman stands aghast to see his 

 large stock, both of early and late, on his hands. 



All this proves that the planter should be cautious and 

 prudent in his selections, and observant of the laws of 

 trade, especially so far as supply and demand usually af, 

 feet prices. 



One thing, however, he should not do. No hope of 

 temporary profit should ever tempt him to plant an in- 

 ferior sort if a really more valuable one can be substituted. 



Were we going to plant an orchard, and restricted to 

 six varieties, we would select three white and three yellow 

 sorts, and these should form our list : 



