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raise this, or any other fruit, by the ingenious method of 

 impregnating the blossoms. But, as time advances, there 

 will, it is hoped, be more of this done with many fruits, 

 as the grape, etc. There is a singular fact related in 

 Philips Companion to the Orcliarth published in 1831, as 

 follows : " T. A. Knight, President of the London Horti- 

 cultural Society, procured a new peach bylhis operation : 

 he impregnated the pistillum of the blossom on an almond 

 tree, with the pollen of the peach flower ; and this almond, 

 when planted, produced a peach tree instead of one of its 

 own kind, and has since ripened peaches. — The oldest 

 trees in England, of from forty to sixty years, generally 

 yield a good crop, \vhen younger ones fail ; the finest 

 peaches having been gathered from trees of the greatest 

 age. flow different from our climate! 



CBAWFORD'S LATE. Form, round ; suture, shallow ; 

 leaves, crenated with globose glands; flowers, small ; flesh, 

 red at the stone, juicy, vinous, hardly first-rate; color, 

 yellow, with a broad dark red cheek; size, 1 ; quality, 1 

 to 2 ; season, September and October ; freestone. 



Bemarks. — This deserves a place in all collections. 

 Productive. It is among the first as a late variety for 

 market. Origin, New Jersey. The Red Cheek Malacatune 

 is mistaken for it in some localities. Suits the Northern, 

 Middle and Western States, as a market variety, as well 

 as Crawford's Early. 



EarLy Anne. See Anne Early. 



Early Red. See Cole's. 



EARLY TILLOTSON. See Tillotson. 



EARLY TROTH. See Troth's Earlv. 



