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Lady, whicli are pretty sure to give well-ripened fruit in 

 the average season. 



The exhibit of Black Hauaburg grapes showed what 

 could be done in the cold house, wliere there are no con- 

 veniences for artificial heat. Such results must be highly 

 satisfactory to the cultivators. 



The peach, plum and quince, which fifteen or twenty 

 years ago were almost extinct, are fast coming to claim 

 the attention of the horticulturist, and in our opinion 

 should receive more attention from the Society. Within 

 a few years we have been privileged to eat some most ex- 

 cellent seedling peaches raised in Essex Co. We would 

 warn the raisers of peaches not to be too hasty about dis- 

 carding a tree because its first crop of fruit is not up to 

 their standard of excellence. If the tree is well cared for, 

 the fruit will improve, not only in size and appearance, 

 but quality, in each of its subsequent crops. 



In the raising of peaches, the soil of America has given 

 it one of its most flourishing homes out of its native land. 

 The fruit is so highly prized in some countries that the 

 trees are raised as pot plants, or as in England, trained 

 on the buildings and fences like grapes, and they are 

 thankful to get the fruit for the trouble. When we con- 

 sider with what little trouble the trees can be raised, and 

 how early they come into bearing, and how readily the 

 surplus can be disposed of in these days of canning and. 

 evaporation, we wonder that more attention is not given 

 to their propagation. The heading in of the trees, say 

 from one-third to one-half of the year's growth, late in 

 Autumn, after the leaves have fallen, will cause the re- 

 maining buds to become much stronger, and aid in 

 prolonging the life of the tree. Many a young tree 

 is ruined by allowing it to overbear. A pile of coal ashes 

 immediatel}'" around the trunk of the tree is a good means 

 for preventing the work of the borer and other insects 

 that strive to destroy. The more wood you burn the 

 better will be the ashes. A light, warm, gravelly soil is 

 the kind in which they flourish best and live longest. 



