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bearer; but on the whole, this sort is much inferior 

 to the Red Magdalen. 



6. Royal George. This is a good peach, but the 

 tree is rather a shy bearer, especially if not placed 

 in a very good soil and aspect. The fruit is large, 

 dark-red towards the sun, juicy, and high-flavour- 

 ed. 



7. Teton de Venus. This is a large, rather longish 

 fruit, of a pale colour, juicy, and melting ; but it is 

 not very high-flavoured. The tree is a good bear- 

 er. 



8. Late Purple. This is an excellent, large peach, 

 of & very dark-red, or purple next the sun, juicy, 

 and high-flavoured. In different situations, how- 

 ever, and in cold soils, it sometimes does not ripen 

 perfectly. The tree is a free grower, and pretty 

 good bearer. 



The above peaches are all free-stones. It is said, 

 that in America they give their free-stone peaches 

 to the pigs, on account of their mealiness ; being, 

 as it were, over-ripened, and not worth eating ; and 

 that they only use the ding-stone kinds. Now, we 

 have not climate sufficient to make these eatable in 

 tolerable perfection. 



PEARS. 



1. Jargonelle. This pear is universally known 

 and admired in this country, and deservedly so. It 

 is by much the best summer pear we have, and of 

 these, the only cne worthy of a wall. The fruit is 

 long arid large j greenish, with russet or brown 



