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A Belle Beauce peach in my own Orchard- 

 house bore thirty-two fine peaches on the leaders 

 A and B, but of course the top of A was not 

 very ripe, and half of B was quite youthful. E-eine 

 des Vergers, which bore early in August, had 

 twenty splendid peaches, all on the lower part of 

 A, it being in the second year. Galande had 

 twenty-eight on a similar part, in spite of the 

 backward season, and the nectarines Early New- 

 ington and Hardwicke Seedling (a delicious nec- 

 tarine), were also very fruitful on this leader A. 

 Malta, Chancellor, Bourdine, and Pucelle de 

 M alines were magnificent, though very young 

 trees. I like Malta by far the best : Noisette 

 calls it his favourite. Leroy, Rivers, and many 

 others speak highly of it ; and, being not too 

 vigorous, let me seriously recommend it. It is a 

 September peach, and the one that hangs so well 

 on a tree : no mean quality. 



Nectarines, however, and clingstones (Pavie 

 peaches), which come late, and will find their 

 day of triumph in England before long, are best 

 suited for the back wall, because they are the 

 most valuable. So prolific is this plan, that I 

 would not recommend the mid-season peaches for 

 it ; you can have them in the pots. A very early 

 peach, but not the little nutmeg peaches, should 

 be placed in a warm corner, and trained in this 

 way. Acton Scott is scarcely good enough. 

 Early York or Crauford is better, or some of the 



