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SEEDLING PEACH FROM LUCKNOW. 



Sir, — I send you a seedling peach taken from a tree in Mr. W. H. Smith's garden in 

 this village. It appears to be very hardy and has stood the frosts of the north for the past 

 ten or twelve years without injury. This is the fourth season it has produced fruit. 



Jamks Bryan, Lucknow, Out. 



The sample was too much decayed for us to pronounce judgment for or 

 against it, but we think it too small a peach to be desirable in the Niagara dis- 

 trict where the larger kinds, coming in at the same season, can be grown. This 

 sample is of medium size and apparently a good peach. It may be of value at 

 the north, should it prove particularly hardy. 



TYEHURST SEEDLING PEACH. 



SiK, — I send you a small basket of peaches of a variety which I grew from a pit some 

 years ago. It has proved to be the hardiest and most profitable of all varieties which I 

 have tried, and I have tried a very large number. Let me know what you think of the 

 peach. There are many varieties of yellow peaches, but this is very distinct from all the 

 rest. 



E. Tyehurst, Leamington, Ont. 



This peach impresses us very favorably, for it is beautiful in appearance and 

 comes in at a time when there is room for a peach of such qualities as it seems 

 to have. The samples are in good condition to-day, 22nd of September, when 

 Early Crawfords are entirely gone, and the varieties in the markets are such as 

 Old Mixon, Late Crawford, Wager, etc., all of which, in our judgment, it sur- 

 passes in merit. 



It may be described as large, roundish, somewhat flattened both at the base 

 and at the apex, with very distinct suture on one side ; skin golden yellow, with 

 crimson on the exposed side ; flesh yellow, moderately juicy, sweet and excel- 

 lent, separates freely from the stone. Indeed, in this respect, it excels almost 

 any peach we know, while it is free from the fault, which the Early Crawford 

 has, of parting in the pit. In our opinion, this variety of Mr. Tyehurst's is one 

 of considerable merit. 



The new Globe Peach is announced as having prodnced peaches 15 inches 

 in circumference, which is hard to credit. It ripens with Crawford's Late. It 

 is a good shipper, a freestone, and of the best quality. R. N. V. 



