90 VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



THE PEACH. 



The Peach is a native of Persia and China. It was 

 brought into this country somewhere about 1680. Its 

 success here has been to make it the Queen of fruits. 



A selection of varieties to the various latitudes is a dif- 

 ficult matter, yet we shall try to do it. 



Above 43 it cannot be grown in the open air. 



The list of new varieties is yearly on the increase, and 

 some prove of value. The greater number, however, fail 

 to meet expectations. 



The following remarks of J. J. THOMAS, one of our most 

 intelligent horticulturists, in a report to the American Pom* 

 ological Society, deserve thought and attention of every 

 fruit grower: 



' ' During the early period of fruit culture in this country, 

 a long list of varieties was regarded as a special merit in 

 any collection, and the nurseryman who could present the 

 largest catalogue stood at the head of his profession. This 

 led to the cultivation of many sorts of little value, and it 

 became an object of importance to separate the valuable 

 from the worthless. * * * A great change has taken 

 place of later years, and collections of fruits for profit, as 

 well as for home use, have been reduced to a few select 

 sorts, the amateur and student of pomology only desiring 

 a wider range. * * * The lists which are now wanted 

 are of such sorts as the cultivators may plant for use." 



