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an object of heavy taxation. The expense 

 of fuel, it appears, will not be so excessive, 

 since the heating of flues by steam promises 

 to answer. 



It is observed, that the best peaches of 

 every kind are red next the sun, and of a 

 yellowish cast towards the wall : the pulp 

 should also be of a yellowish tint, and juicy ; 

 the skin thin, and the stone small. To have 

 them in perfection, they should not be ga- 

 thered until they will fall into the hand by the 

 slightest touch of the finger. 



This is one of the fruits in particular 

 which is recommended to be eaten in the 

 morning, in preference to, the usual time of 

 dessert. Brookes says, " peaches agree well 

 with persons of hot constitutions and costive 

 habits, especially if they are eaten in a morn- 

 ing fasting/' 



The flowers of the peach-tree are used in 

 medicine : when made into a syrup, they are 

 given as an aperient to children, and are re- 

 commended as a great destroyer of worms. 



It should be observed not to get the flowers 

 from those peach-trees that have been grafted 

 upon almond-stocks, as the flowers partake of 

 the property of the stock, which greatly alters 

 their virtue. The plum is a purgative, the 

 almond not at all so. 



