Van Zandt's Superb. 



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VAN ZANDT'S SUPERB. 



We give an engraving of tliis excellent peach, which, though not new, is 

 not much known or appreciated in parts of the country where this fruit 

 succeeds well. It is one of the very best of dessert peaches; while it is 

 very bright colored and handsome, not surpassed by any other of the white- 

 fleshed varieties. It is an American sort ; having been raised at Flushing, 



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L.I., by Mr. Van Zandt. The fruit is of medium size, roundish, with a 

 rather slight suture (sometimes cue-half of the peach is larger than the 

 other) ; the skin is whitish, but beautifully marked and dotted with red, the 

 sunny side being very brilliant ; flesh melting and firm, sweet and delicious; 

 freestone ; time of ripening, early in September. 



Covering for Strawberries. — Many of the best cultivators use coarse 

 straw horse-manure ; but care must be used not to smother the plants. A\'e 

 have used coarse meadow-hay to excellent advantage. 



