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meet each other j then transplant them against 

 other walls, or where dead trees have been 

 taken up. 



The follovoing are the Sorts that Ixuould recommend to he planted 

 against North and East walls ; viz. 



Early Avant ; Early Ann ; Early Mignonne ; 

 Royal George ; Red Magdalen ; Royal Kensing- 

 ton ; Noblesse ; Gross Mignonne ; and Millet's 

 Mignonne. 



I have often heard of peaches and nectarines 

 growing on the same tree, but never had ocular 

 demonstration till Mr. Wilmot, market-gardener 

 near Smallbury Green, in the parish of Isle- 

 worth, last season sent me a Peach which par- 

 took of the nature of the Peach and Nectarine 

 both in appearance and taste ; and, he assures 

 me, that several trees in his garden have for 

 some years past produced fruit of the same 

 kind. I also saw a Gallande Peach tree, last 

 season, in Mr. Gilpin's garden at East-Shene, 

 which had on one of its branches two Necta- 

 rines and a Peach. These I examined very mi- 

 nutely ; and Mr. Gilpin had the goodness to 

 send me one of the fruit, which had the ap- 

 pearance and flavour of a Red Roman Necta- 

 rine. There were Nectarine-trees of that kind 

 on the same wall at no great distance. The 

 only reason that I can assign for such phaeno- 



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