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The Western Pomolo£ist and Gardener. 



1872 



A New California Pine. 



We have been favored with a photograph of new species of pine which was originated 



by Mr. "W". H. Pepper, near Petaluma, some four years since, but wliich is now for the 



first time introduced to the public. The annexed engraving is a faithful representation 



of the first tree produced as it may now be 



seen, forming a dense, compact and dark 



green column. The leaves are from one to 



three inches long, in whorls from six to 



seven inches apart. The original plant, 



which has had every advantage to grow 



well, is now only four feet high. If people 



wM plant pines in their gardens, this cer- 

 tainly promises to be a most 'desirable 



variety, on account of its dwarf habits and 



very dark green foliage, which forms a 



marked contrast with most of the other 



foliage in the garden. 

 This new variety of the pine family has 



been named Si/tnei — Syme's Pine. — Pacific 



Rural Press. 



Tlie Galaivay Peacb. 

 The following is an extract from the re- 

 port of a committee of pomologists to the 



State Board of Agriculture on this new 



peach. We publish it at this time so that 



those who are preparing to plant peach 



trees this winter may have the benefit of 



the information it contains. We would 



also state that we examined the peach our- 

 selves at the State Fair, and fully endorse 



the favorable report of the committee. 

 " This is a large, yellow free-stone peach, 



imported from England in 1864, by the late 



Isaac Pullen, of New Jersey Introduced 



into California by E. F. Aiken, of Sacra- 

 mento, in 1868, fruited for the first time 



this year. James Alexander Fulton in his 

 new work on peach [culture, describes it as 

 follows : ' It is a large peach of very great 

 beauty and good quality, nearly round, with suture well defined towards the apex. Term- 

 inal point distinct. Its distinctive virtue, however, is its late ripening — several days after 

 the one, which has, heretofore, been considered our latest free-stcme peach.' Your com- 

 mittee believe that the description as quoted above is fully sustained in the samples 

 exhibited, and that the time of ripening in this locality is from the 20th of September to 

 the 20th of October. The character of the wood and foliage indicates hardiness and com- 

 parative exemption from the curl leaf We think it is a valuable acquisition to our list of 

 fruits and worthy the attention of fruit growers." — lb. 



Winter Care of Wlndo-w Plants. 

 Window plants suffer much at this season from the high and dry temperature at which 

 it is necessary for human comfort to keep our dwellings. Air can seldom be admitted 

 from the lowncss of the external temperature. Saucers of water under the plants do 

 much to remedy the aridity from which room plants suffer. In such cases, however, so 

 much water must not be given to plants as to those without saucers. — Ex. 



