PEACHES AND NECTARINES. 93 



when budded on the plum. To enter here into 

 a detail of the different peaches and nectarines 

 which grow best on the different sorts of plums, 

 would be wholly unnecessary, as I do not consi- 

 der myself as writing complete and full instruc- 

 tions to render every one of my readers compe- 

 tent to fill the arduous labours of a nurseryman, 

 and to particularise each would rather tend to 

 confuse than inform; suffice it to say, that nei- 

 ther peach or nectarine will succeed on the 

 Brussels Stock, and the stocks generally used 

 for peaches and nectarines, which they like most, 

 are the Muscle and Pear plums. 



It often occurs, that peaches and nectarines 

 swell too large for the stock they are budded on ; 

 this plainly denotes the stock is not suited to 

 the constitution of that variety; and this the 

 nurserymen in the neighbourhood of London 

 have made their study, and have brought it to 

 that perfection, which has given them a decided 

 superiority over most of their country contem- 

 poraries, who, generally speaking, have not 

 sufficient practice in this department ; indeed it 

 is no small matter of consideration, for it is not 



