PRODUCING NEW AND EARLY FRUITS. 177 



two new varieties of the vine, with striped fruit, and variegated autumnal 

 leaves, produced by the white chasselas and the farina of the Aleppo 

 vine : one of these has ripened extremely early, and is, I think, a good 

 grape. When perfectly ripe, I propose sending a bunch of it for the 

 inspection of the Horticultural Society. 



In all attempts to obtain new varieties of fruit, the propagator is at a 

 loss to know what kinds are best calculated to answer his purpose ; and 

 therefore I have mentioned those varieties of the grape from which 1 

 have propagated with the best prospect of success. My experiments are, 

 however, still in their infancy ; and I do not possess the means of making 

 them on so large a scale or in so perfect a manner as I wish ; never- 

 theless, the facts of which I am in possession, leave no grounds of doubt 

 in my mind, that varieties of the grape, capable of ripening perfectly in 

 our climate, when trained to a south wall, and of other fruits better 

 calculated for our climate than those we now cultivate, may readily be 

 obtained ; but whether the mode of culture I have adopted and recom- 

 mended be most eligible must be decided by future and more extensive 

 practice. 



I have made experiments similar to the preceding on the peach ; but 

 I can say no more of the result of them, than that the plants possess the 

 most perfect degree of health and luxuriance of growth, and that their 

 leaves afford satisfactory evidence of the good quality of the future fruit. 

 I am ignorant of the age at which plants of this species become capable 

 of producing blossoms ; but the rapid changes in the character of the 

 leaves and growth of my plants, which are now in their third year, 

 induce me to believe that they will be capable of producing fruit at 

 three or four years old. 



I shall finish my paper with stating a few conclusions, which I have 

 been able to draw in the course of many years" close attention to the 

 subject on which I write. 



New varieties of every species of fruit will generally be better obtained 

 by introducing the farina of one variety of fruit into the blossom of 

 another, than by propagating from any single kind. When an experi- 

 ment of this kind is made, between varieties of different size and 

 character, the farina of the smaller kind should be introduced into 

 the blossoms of the larger ; for, under these circumstances, I have 

 generally (but with some exceptions) observed in the new fruit a preva- 

 lence of the character of the female parent ; probably owing to the 

 following causes. The seed-coats are generated wholly by the female 



