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the young fruit is never cut off by frosts, as it is 

 in England and France. To preserve the young 

 fruit in those countries, people are compelled to 

 cover the trees by some means or other, in March 

 and April. Here there needs no such thing. 

 When you see the blossom, you know that the 

 fruit is to follow. By looking at the Plan of the 

 Garden, PLATE I, you will see, that the Plats No. 

 8 and 9, contain 30 trees and the two vine trelises. 

 The Plats are, you will remember, 70 feet long 

 and 56 wide. Of course, putting 5 trees one way 

 and 4 the other, each tree has a space of 14 feet, 

 so that the branches may extend horisontally 7 

 feet from the trunk of the tree, before they meet. 

 In these two Plats 14 feet wide is left lear for 

 the grape-vines. These 30 Peach-trees, proper- 

 ly managed, would yield more fruit, even in bulk, 

 than a large orchard in the common way ; and 

 ten times as much in point of value ; the size as 

 well as the flavour of the fruit are greatly improv- 

 ed by this mode of culture. However, the sort 

 is of very great consequence. It is curious 

 enough, that people in general think little of the 

 vort in the case of jieaches, though they are so 

 choice in the case of afifiles. A peach is a peach 

 it seems, though I know of no apples between 

 which there is more difference than there is 

 between different sorts of peaches, some of which 

 melt in the mouth, while others are little better 

 than a white turnip. The sort is, then, a matter 

 of the first importance ; and though the sorts are 

 very numerous, the thirty trees that I would have 

 should be as follows : 1 Violette Hailve, 6 Early 

 Montaubon, 1 Vanguard, 6 Royal George, 6 

 Grossc Mignonne, 4 Early Noblesse, 3 GaUande? 

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