FRUITS 



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wire will do it. The wire should be painted. A 

 dressing of lime is good for this. 



Varieties. — The best kinds to grow are : Alex- 

 ander, a very hardy and capital grower in the open, 

 large, well coloured, and highly flavoured ; Early 

 Grosse Mignonne, which is handsome and good ; 

 Alfred, a very good sort ; A Bee ; Stirling Castle ; 

 Belle Beauce ; Bellegarde,good for houses and walls ; 

 Alexandra Noblesse ; Violette Hative ; Dymond, 

 hardy and fine ; Malta, delicious flavour ; Waterloo 

 is a splendid all-round kind for in or out of doors ; 

 Royal George, mid-season. Noblesse and Violette 

 Hative, Barrington, Princess of Wales, Walburton, 

 Admiral, Sea Eagle, and Golden Eagle, are the best 

 late kinds. 



RECIPES 

 Flanc de Peches 



Make some good syrup ; stone the peaches and fill in the 

 spaces with vanilla cream ; boil up the syrup reduced to the 

 consistency of thick cream, strain it, and when cool pour over 

 the fruit. Blanch and cut in quarters some pistachio kernels, 

 and stick the peaches all over with them. Dish up on a 

 circle of lemon jelly and fill up the centre with glace fruits. 



Brandy Peaches 



Take ten pounds of very large peaches without flaw and 

 just barely ripe ; remove the stones, breaking the peaches as 

 little as possible ; put the peaches into a pan of boiling water, 

 into which throw a few at a time ; let them remain several 

 minutes, then take and with a coarse towel rub off every 

 particle of fur, and put them into a jar ; sprinkle on castor 

 sugar, allowing three ounces, and two of sugar candy, to 

 every pound of fruit ; put in some of the kernels. Let them 



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