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by the frost should be taken and carefully cracked, by placing on a 

 wooden block and striking the side edge with a hammer ; this will not 

 injure the germ, as is often done when they are cracked by striking 

 the ends. Separated from the stone, the kernels should be planted 

 same as above, but in rows by themselves, as all are not sure to 

 grow, and. r even if they did, would not as soon as those already 

 started, and therefore, the rows in culture would often have trees 

 unfitted for budding at same time ; or frequently those coming from 

 the last-named kinds would be entirely too small for budding the 

 first year. 



It fa well to know that most of the yellow-fleshed peaches have a 

 tendency to produce varieties similar to the parent ; hence the innu- 

 merable new sorts that now swell the nursery-men's catalogues, and 

 that are yearly being introduced to the public as " highly superior" 

 If an orchard is desired to be produced of seedlings, by selecting 

 seeds of the Yellow Rareripe, Crawford's Early, Bergen's Yellow, 

 Lemon Cling, and Crawford's Late, it is very probable a collection 

 would be obtained preserving, in a great measure, the characters, 

 qualities, and times of ripening of these varieties. So, also, may the 

 periods of ripening of each kind be, to a certain extent, hastened or 

 retarded, by selecting pits of the first or last that ripen on each par- 

 ticular tree. 



The grower should, however, recollect that while there is a strong 

 tendency in these varieties to reproduce themselves, their capability so 

 to do is often destroyed by the intermixture, while in flower, of some 

 other variety which is perhaps adjoining them only a few feet ; hence, 

 in order to feel any degree of certainty toward the raising of kinds 

 valuable, or resembling the parent, it is necessary that the tree from 

 which the pits are taken should stand perfectly isolated, or certainly 

 distant two hundred rods from any other peach tree. 



Those who have not the dry sandy knoll wheron to place the pits, 

 to prepare them for the ensuing Spring, may place them in a moist 

 cellar until nearly the close of Winter ; then take them out, soak 

 them in water two or three days, spread them on the ground and 

 cover two or three inches of sawdust or leaf mold over them ; thus 

 exposing them to action of frost until the season for planting. 



By Budding. The seed sown as above will, early in the month 

 of September, be found to have grown, in good soil, from three to 

 four feet, when they should be budded as near the ground as possible ; 

 and in October one-half of the entire top should be cut back not 

 the limbs pruned off, leaving bare stems but the growth of every 

 limb, should be shortened or cut back one- half ; this is to prevent 

 injury from high winds or heavy snows, which frequently break the 

 tree just at the insertion of the bud. 



Some bud upon the Plum stock for the purpose of dwarfing the 

 tree ; and when so done the month of August is best. The exact 



