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The fruits received excited the admiration of ourselves and 

 every one who saw them, both for magnitude and colour. Their 

 weight and dimensions were as follows : — 



One citron, measuring 18fin. round the long, and 17 in. round the short, 

 circumference, and weighing 36 oz. 



One citron, 18f in. by 16|in. ; and weighing 37ioz. 

 One green citron, 15 in. by 14iin. ; and weighing 17JOZ. 

 One lemon, 1 H in. by 9 in. ; and weighing 5 oz. 

 One unripe lemon, 11^ in. by 8f in.; and weighing 7§oz. 

 One orange, 9J in. by 9^ in. ; and weighing 6J oz. 

 One orange, 10| in. by 9§in. ; and weighing 6|oz. 

 One orange, 9| in. by 9J in. ; and weighing 5 oz. 



Among the leaves which enveloped the fruit, one of those of 

 the citron measured 10f in. in length, and 6| in. in breadth; 

 and the others were large in proportion. 



On tasting the fruit, we found the oranges without much 

 juice; but the citrons and lemons were full of juice, and most 

 excellent. Of the oranges and citrons we made a most delicious 

 preserve ; and the lemons were used for culinary purposes. — 

 Cond. 



Art. XII. On training the Peach Tree. By Mr. Edward Callow, 

 Author of a Treatise on the Cultivation of the Mushroom. (See 

 VIII. 213.) 



Sir, 



I trust the result of a long and successful practice in training 

 the peach tree will not be refused a place in your pages, or 

 be thought undeserving the attention of your readers. I profess 

 no new theory of training, and, indeed, suspect that, perhaps, the 

 many that have been sent abroad to the world, tend rather to 

 bewilder than to instruct, and to draw the attention of the gar- 

 dener to fantastic forms, instead of simply teaching him to observe 

 the dictates of nature. 



The peach tree will, for the first few years of its growth, endure 

 to be trained in almost any form, and may, for a short period, 

 bear fruit under almost any mismanagement; but when a tree is 

 trained to a shape very different from what it would naturally 

 assume, it can, I conceive, have a life of but short duration. The 

 weak and diseased trees which are so frequently seen against our 

 fruit-tree walls (the miserable state of which is generally attri- 

 buted to soil, situation, or climate) are more frequently produced 

 by improper treatment than any other cause ; for it is common 

 in the practice of horticulture to attribute all failures to natural 

 causes, when, in truth, many of them are the effects of our own 

 folly or inattention. 



In my first attempt at training the peach tree, I followed the 



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