THE CANADIAN IIOlJTICULTUraST. 



keep them apart. Pack the potatoes in these receptacles as carefully as if 

 they were eggs, using first a layer of chaft" or straw, and then of potatoes, 

 iinishing the package on top with straw. Remove them to a dry frost- 

 proof room or cellar, where they will not gather moisture or get chilled in 

 the coldest of weather, as these are the two first essentials to their keeping 

 through the winter, always providing you have well matured, ripe tubers, 

 to store at first. — W. H, White, in Country G&ntleman. 



THE PEACHES OF 1880. 



At a meeting of the Horticultural Society of Western New York, 



a very interesting paper was read by W. C. Barry, of Rochester, N. Y., 



giving the results of last year's experience of the ripening of the 



different varieties. We give the paper in full for the information of 



our readers : — 



The season of 1880 was remarkably favorable for the peach crop in. 

 western New York. An experimental orchard — embracing 114 varieties, 

 which we set out three years ago — came into bearing for the first time, and 

 enabled us to test the leading standard sorts, besides many of the older 

 kinds which are little known, as well as several novelties. I give the 

 results of our observations, naming the kinds as nearly as possible in the 

 ci'der of ripening. 



THE EARLY SORTS. 



On the 24th of July we gathered fine specimens of Briggs' Eed May. 

 This variety originated in California, and was one of the first of the early 

 sorts brought to notice. It has much the same character as Alexander and 

 Anisden, and is hardly distinct enough to be grown under a separate name. 

 Mr. Myers, a prominent peach grower of Bridgeville, Delaware, says it ia 

 less liable to rot than either Alexander Of Amsden. He also states that a 

 well known pomologist of Georgia, 'after having seen Briggs' Red May two 

 years, believes it superior to Alexander or Amsden for shipping. 



July 26. — We have before us splendid specimens of Alexander and 

 Amsden. The diflerence between them is very slight. Alexander, how- 

 ever appears to average larger, and is less liable to decay upon the tree. 



July ^7. — To-day we received a fine basket of Waterloo peaches, 

 gathered from the original tree. These are fully up to the standard. Next 

 year we hope to have fruit from our own trees, when the oi)portunities for 

 comparison will be better. 



July 29. — This morning we find upon our table a remarkable collection 

 of ])eaches. Alexander, Amsden, High's Early Canada, and Harper's 

 Early are ripe and beautiful. All these varieties bear a striking resem- 

 blance to each other. High's Early parts more freely from the stone than 

 the others, and Harper's Early seems to excel in flavor. 



August 2. — We sold Alexander and Amsden to-day, at the rate of $3 

 per bushel. The specimens were superb, many measuring eight inches iu 

 circumference, and weighing 4| ounces. 



