PEACH AND THE PEAR. I4I 



long time. When finished it is really desiccated peach 

 rolled in sugar. 



PRESERVES, PICKLES, MARMALADES, 



and many other good things are made from the peach, 

 which are described in most of the works on cooking, to 

 which, for information, the reader is referred. 



PEACH-BRANDY. 



A good article of brandy, which has its own pecu- 

 liar properties, is made from the peach. Now while any 

 brandy in large quantities is bad for a person, peach- 

 brandy is said, on account of the prussic acid it contains, 

 to be a very dangerous tipple if indulged in freely. For- 

 merly, a considerable quantity was manufactured on the 

 peninsula, but the stringent excise laws of recent years 

 have caused most persons to abandon its manufacture. 

 I would say to any friend going down the State as far as 

 Georgetown, the fair capital of Sussex County, that a 

 gentle whisper into the ear of our worthy Governor 

 would produce such a sample of "Peach," as we, in the 

 upper part of the State, scarcely wot of, and with the 

 addition of a little peninsula honey and pure spring 

 water, he would convey to his lips a compound which 

 would reach further into the recesses of his inner man, 

 than any nectar the Great Jupiter ever sipped. Other- 

 wise obtained, I advise mortal man to be chary of this 

 beverage. One indulgence is said to make one feel good. 



