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at rest a great many of the errors which have hitherto ex- 

 isted, in consequence of a want of information on this head. 



It was quite amusing, on calling to see a peach which 

 an acquaintance called by the charming name of " Maria 

 Antoinette," to discover, that it was the identical fruit 

 which had been long sold as the " Yellow Rareripe,*' and 

 which originated in a field about two miles from his resi- 

 dence, whence he obtained it, and called it by the latter title. 

 I have also noticed, that a peach, which is now selling as a 

 new variety, by the high sounding name of " Emperor of 

 Russia," is the same fruit known for 30 years past under the 

 unpretending title of " Serrated Leaved Peach." Various 

 other instances of this kind have come within my notice, 

 which it is unnecessary to enumerate here. There is nothing 

 more calculated to lessen the satisfaction of the hortieul- 

 turalist than this re-christening of old and well known fruits, 

 either by the name of the person who happens to find a tree 

 growing in his garden, or with some fanciful production of 

 his imagination, as it will create the same endless confusion 

 that has for a long period existed in England, and which 

 their Horticultural Society is now attempting to remedy 

 for it is a fact which can be proved, that many of the fruits 

 of Europe may at present be obtained with more accuracy 

 from some of the American nurseries than they can, in most 

 cases, either from England or France. 



Acclimation of Fruits. 



Deciduous trees, natives of the same latitude, are far more 

 hardy than evergreens; which proves, that the foliage of the 

 latter possesses, even in winter, a great degree of sensibi- 

 lity. Efforts, therefore, to naturalize the fruits of the 

 warmer climes, should be commenced in preference with 

 those which are deciduous. The deciduous trees of Portu- 

 gal, Italy, and Spain, and of South-Carolina, Georgia, and 

 Louisiana, will endure the winters of New- York, when the 

 evergreens from the same places perish if unprotected. 

 Though in England, where the winters are more moderate, 

 these survive and flourish, while, from the want of heat in 

 their summers, many of the deciduous trees do not ripen 

 their wood sufficiently to support their climate in winter ; 

 whereas, beneath the powerful sun of our country, the wood 

 becomes so well matured, that it, in many instances, resists 

 the rigours of our winters uninjuredt A consideration of 



