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p<if ent tree is thus produced ; this is oftener the case with the yel- 

 low-fleshed varieties than any others. Yet it is far better to plant 

 only the best, even at four times the cost, than to plant the seedling 

 tree. He who does so will surely gain in the end, by the superior 

 excellence of his crop, and the consequently higher price for it in 

 the market. For description of the process of budding, see Ap- 

 pendix. 



The following note to Ellwangee &; Baeet's Catalogue com- 

 presses almost the whole subject of Peach Cultuee into a nut- 

 shell: 



" 1st. Keep the ground clean and mellow around the trees, and 

 give it an occasional dressing of wood-ashes. 2d. Keep the heads 

 low — the trunk ought not to exceed three feet in height. [One to 

 two feet is better, we think.] 3d. Attend regularly every spring to 

 pruning and shortening the shoots of the previous year's growth. 

 This keeps the head round, full, and well furnished with bearing 

 wood. Cut weak shoots back one half, and strong ones one third ; 

 but see that you leave a sufficient supply of fruit-buds. Sickly and 

 superfluous shoots should be cut out clean." 



DESOEIPTIVE LIST. 



1. Beegen's Yellow. — Very large, orange, red in the sun ; flesh 

 yellow, juicy, and fine-flavored. One of the best of yellow peaches, 

 but a poor bearer. Middle of September. — Ellwanger and Barry''s 

 Catalogue. 



2. Coolidge's Favoeite. — A most beautiful and excellent peach ; 

 skin white, delicately mottled with red ; flesk pale, juicy, and rich ; 

 tree vigorous and productive. Middle to end of August. — E. and B. 



3. Ceawfoed's Late Melocoton. (Crawford's Superb.) — Really 

 a superb yellow peach, very large, productive, and good. Last of 

 September. — E. and B. 



4. Eaelt Yoek. — Medium size; on young, thrifty trees, large, 

 greenish white, covered in the sun with dull purplish red; flesh 

 juicy, rich, and excellent; tree a fair grower and very prolific. 

 Middle Df August. — E. and B. 



5. Laege Eaely Yoek. — A large and beautiful variety ; white, 



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