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peaches. To set off a dish of fruit on the table they are, 

 however, indispensable, and a few trees should always find a 

 place in the orchard-house. They cannot be grown to any 

 perfection in the open air. 



Hunt's Tawney. This is an excellent nectarine, rich and 

 dark colored, ripening in good season. 



Elruge. This old variety is still one of the best, forcing 

 well, handsome, and of good size ; it is a valuable nectarine. 



ViOLETTE Hative is, as Mr. Brehaut states, a superior 

 variety, handsome, prolific and good. 



White. Remarkable for its clear waxen skin, good size, 

 and good quality ; as a variety it is very desirable. 



Boston, or Lewis. Remarkable for its superb appearance, 

 though not equal in excellence to some of the others. It is 

 of very large size. 



Stanwick. This noble variety appears to do better in our 

 climate than in Great Britain, where it often cracks. With 

 Mr. Hun ne well of Wellesley, plants in pots have jearly borne 

 and ripened several dozen fruits each, which were very largo 

 and beautiful. It is one of the latest in ripening. 



Plums. — Since plum trees have been so subject to the black 

 knot, and the fruit to tlie curculio, their cultivation in pots is 

 becoming an object of interest ; for, without much labor and 

 expense, ft is almost impossible to secure any fruit in the 

 open air. The trees do not come into bearing early, but the 

 certainty of a crop of fine fruit will repay all the care and 

 attention. The following are excellent sorts : — 



Green Gage. For its excellence unsurpassed, but its 

 beauty much inferior to others. It has a dwarf stocky habit, 

 admirably suited to pot culture, and bears profusely. 



Jaune Hative. This is a small but very early plum, ripen- 

 ing in the open air, three weeks before the Green Gage ; its 

 great merit is its earliness. 



Jefferson. One of our most beautiful native plums, with 

 a deep yellow skin, and slightly tinted crimson cheek ; rich 

 and delicious. 



Bradshaw. a very large, long, purple plum, with a rich 



