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raised and sent to market, in this country, every year." It is 

 also an American seedling, and if true, as said by Mr. Cole, 

 that natives are more hardy than foreign peach trees, this will 

 be an additional recommendation. Of Crawford's Early and 

 Crawford's Late, we would say that no two sorts, following 

 each other in their time of ripening, are more desirable for 

 cultivation, in our catalogues of peaches. 



QUINCES. 



Orange Quince. This is a profitable fruit for cultivation, 

 particularly the Early Orange, or Apple Gluince. Many 

 quince trees which we see around us, are seedlings, with fruit 

 of a green color, oblong form, and thick, leathery skin, and 

 are hardly fit for cultivation. We should avoid raising bush- 

 es of this kind, either from seeds or cuttings. We would rec- 

 ommend planting from seeds or cuttings of the true variety, 

 as seeds from this sort will most generally produce their kind : 

 but the surest method of obtaining them, is by engrafting. We 

 have, however, never found any difficulty in raising at least a 

 great proportion of fine fruited bushes, from seeds of the finest 

 sorts. In regard to the cultivation of this fruit, we apprehend 

 it to be a delusion to suppose that quince trees want a wet and 

 shady position, and that they do not require manuring. On 

 the contrary, they should be set in good loam, and the earth 

 should be loosened deeply, or trenched by double spading, 

 and well manured with a good compost in the drills. Short- 

 en in the branches, (one half of the last year's growth) give 

 the roots a good drenching with water at iJie time of setiirig 

 out, (not after) leave the soil around the stem, concave ; place 

 them ten feet apart, and the rows twelve feet; prune just after 

 the fall of the leaf, or early in March ; fork in, late in the fall, 

 three or four shovels full of fresh manure. After loosening 

 around the trees in spring, you may then give the whole a 

 broadcast of salt. 



In this connection we would remark, that as a general com- 

 post for fruit trees, we consider nothing superior to that formed 

 of wood ashes and peat, with an admixture of salt. 



