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Malta, Neil's Early Purple, Early Ann, Grosse Mig- 

 nonne, Barrington, Bellegarde, George the Fourth, and 

 Spring Grove peaches ; 'Nectarines^ Early Newington, 

 Hunt's Tawny, Yio!ette= h^tiv'e, Fairchild's Early, Ro- 

 man, and Pitmaston Orange. 



Production of New Varieties. — For information re- 

 specting, the best modes of raising new varieties of 

 peaches tind nectarines, the reader may be referred to 

 Mr. Knight's papers in the first volume of the Trans- 

 actions of the Horticultural Society of London. That 

 ardent horticulturist entertained the hope that, by re- 

 peated sowings, the peach might acquire so robust a 

 habit as to be capable of succeeding as a standard in 

 favorable situations in England and Ireland. But with 

 this desirable object in view, we would rather see the 

 number of the kinds diminished than increased; and it 

 would be well for the country were all the indifferent 

 sorts banished from the nursery catalogues. 



To perpetuate and multiply valuable varieties, 

 peaches and, nectarines are budded upon plum or al- 

 mond stocks. For dry situations, almond stocks are 

 preferable ; and for damp or clayey loams, it is better 

 to use plums. An almond budded on a plum stock 

 may be rebudded with a tender peach, greatly to the 

 advantage of the latter. The peach border should be 

 composed of a light mellow loam, such as is suitable 

 for the vine and the fig, put in as rough as possible, or 

 not broken small and fine. It should be well drained, 

 or rendered quite free from all stagnant water, or la- 

 tent dampness. It need not be of great depth, perhaps 

 eighteen inches ; for the peach-tree thrives best, and is 

 most productive, when the roots are near the surface 

 of the ground. We believe that, in many instances, all 

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