!J18 AMERICAN GARDENER. 



2 Bellgarde, 2 Late Noblesse. These are all 

 to be had of Mr. PRINCE, of Flushing, ia this 

 island, and, as to his word, every body knows 

 that it may be safely relied on. What is the 

 trifling expence of 30 trees ! And when you once 

 have them, you propagate from them for your 

 life. Even for the feeding of hogs, a gallon of 

 peaches of either of the above sorts is worth 

 twenty gallons of the poor pale, tastless things 

 that we see brought to market. As to dried 

 peaches, every body knows that they are man- 

 aged as dried apples are ; only that they must be 

 gathered for this purpose before they be soft. 



319. PEAR. Pears are grafted on }iear*stocks, 

 on quince-stocks, or on those of the white- thorn. 

 The last is best because most durable ', and, for 

 dwarf trees, much the best, because they do not 

 throw up wood so big and so lofty. For orchards, 

 pear-stocks are best ; but not from suckers on 

 any account. They are sure to fill the orchard 

 with suckers. The pruning for your pear trees in 

 the garden should be that of ihefieach. The pears 

 will grow higher ; but they may be made to 

 spreal at bottom, and that will keep them from 

 towering too much. They should stand to- 

 gether, in one of the Plats, 10 oY 11. The sorts 

 of pears are numerous ; the six that I should 

 choose are, the Vergalouse^ the Winter Berga- 

 mot, the D'Auche, the Beurre, the Chaumontelle^ 

 the Winter Bonchretian. 



320. PLUMS. -How is it that we see so few 

 plums in America, when the markets are sup- 

 plied with cart-loads in such a chilly, shady, and 

 blighty country as England. A Green-gage Plum 

 is very little inferior to the very finest peach , 



