The Nectarine and Peach. 167 



The above extract from the letter of a friend having 

 been submitted to Mr. Caden, he has handed to the corres- 

 pondent of the writer, the following. It is not doubted that 

 the editor of the Magazine can, both from his books and 

 his experience, add something on a subject of great interest 

 to the cultivators and lovers of good fruit. Mr. Caden's 

 inclosure is in town, and a good deal sheltered. 



The Ibllowing is Mr. Caden's reply : — 



The Peach and Nectarine. — The most successful season 

 for budding, is from the 20th of July to the 15th of August. 

 The stocks to bud on may be either of the plum or peach 

 kind, but of young growth. I have, within a small inclo- 

 sure, both the peach and nectarine in full bearing, of my 

 own budding, the former of 1840, and the latter 1841. The 

 nectarines (three in number,) are growing in three different 

 exposures, namely East, South, and West, and on each 

 the fruit has been perfect, to the great astonishment of all 

 those who visited me. I have had for the last nine years 

 the nectarine in full bearing and perfection ; the quantity 

 so great at times, that, notwithstanding the application of a 

 number of props, the branches have broken down. The 

 size of the fruit is about that of the early English peach. 

 The cause of my success, T know not what to attribute it 

 to, unless it be to the pruning, which I did by cutting off" all 

 the superfluous wood, and lopping that of the main growth. 



Washington, March, 1843. J. C. 



The curculio, within the last ten years, has been ex- 

 tremely destructive to the plum in the vicinity of Boston ; 

 and to such a degree, in some localities, that the cultivation 

 of this fruit was, a few years ago, almost given up by many 

 individuals. More attention has, however, recently been 

 devoted to the growth of the plum, and the destructive ha- 

 bits of the curculio have rendered this insect an object of 

 more particular observation and care, so that its habits are 

 now so well known, that there is some hope a method may 

 be discovered, which will speedily exterminate this pest of 

 the garden. We have never known the peach or nectarine 

 to be much infested by it. 



Dr. Harris, in his recent excellent Treatise on Insects, has 

 given a full account of the curculio, and the modes generally 

 in use to guard against its ravages. A review of this vol- 

 ume will soon appear, when we shall notice this insect. 

 The remedy, which to us appears the most thorough, is to 



