418 APPENDIX. 



63. Brevoort's Seedling Melter. 



We. know not by what right the author referred to has 

 dropped a part of the name of this " excellent little peach." 

 Perhaps to make it quadrate with the strange assertion 

 that "it is almost always large on the Hudson river;" 

 which, if it be true, must certainly refer to something else. 

 See page 183. 



65. Early Sweet Water. 



This is also most erroneously described. '' Fruit some- 

 times large. " It is never large, but remarkably uniform. 

 See p. 18^4. 



76. Hoffman's Pound. 



For our name of this fruit we have given reasons at page 

 189, which ought to be satisfactory ; and no one, we think, 

 has any right to alter it ; least of all, he who says " it is a 

 good fruit, but its place has been taken of late by other 

 more popular sorts." There are to be sure other "popu- 

 lar sorts ;" and perhaps where the Hoffman's Pound is not 

 known — ^^more popular sorts ;" but it is one of our very 

 finest, and without exception the largest of our fall peaches. 

 It requires, in order to ripen in perfection, a sheltered 

 situation. 



PLUMS- 



No. 53. Bolmar's Washington. Page 298. 



The engraving of this most magnificent of all Plums 

 which accompanies the present edition, was made from the 

 original drawing by Leney, in 1818, when we had the 

 honor of first introducing it to public notice. Some of the 

 new books, we perceive, give most erroneous descriptions 

 of it, and one author has dropped, most unwarrantably, a 

 part of its name, calling it merely — Washington. It is 

 without doubt the best American variety, and the name 

 of the gentleman - with whom it originated ought to be 



