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distinguish the true variety, and is taken from Prince's Trea- 

 tise on Fruits : — 



The form inclines to oval ; the flesh melting, juicy, and of 

 fine flavor : but the greatest peculiarity is the color of the skin, 

 which is considerably mottled, and of a beautiful waxen ap- 

 pearance. In point of beauty, in this respect, there is, per- 

 haps, no peach which surpasses it. 



I shall, in my next, give a description of " Prince's Para- 

 gon peach," a most admirable fruit, large, oval, and of deli- 

 cious flavor, a free stone, as I perceive it is enumerated in 

 two other catalogues, whereas there is not a tree of the gen- 

 uine kind in any other collection in the Union except our 

 own. 



Princess Linncean Garden and Nurseries, 



Flushing, October, 1846. 



Art. IV. Some Remarks on the Seedling Fiiiits of the West. 

 The Court of Wyke Pippin — New Seedling Nectarine. 

 By T. S. HuMRicKHousE, Esq., Coshocton, Ohio. With De- 

 scriptions of Four Neic Varieties of Apjiles. By R. Seevers, 

 Pike Township, Coshocton Co., Ohio, in a Letter to Mr. 

 Humrickhouse. 



I am endeavoring, and have been, for a feAv years past, to 

 collect, from the numerous seedling orchards hereabouts, all 

 the kinds thought by their owners to be fine and deserving of 

 cultivation, first also myself examining the fruits where it is 

 possible, and v/here not, requiring the concurrent testimony of 

 neighbors who have had an opportunity of judging. In this 

 way, I have already brought together about sixty or seventy 

 sorts. I raise from four to six trees of each kind, by the meth- 

 od of root grafting, intending to plant two of each in an or- 

 chard where their merits may be hereafter fully seen, tested, 

 and compared ; until which time I do not think it advisable to 

 extend the cultivation of any of them. 



Among the kinds thus on trial with me are four sorts, the 

 scions of which were furnished me by Mr. Robert Seevers of 

 Pike Township, who, with them, at my request, sent me the 



