Culture of the Peach in the open Air. 67 



PEACHES. 



Names. Leaves. Flowers, 



* Grosse Mignonne - globose glands - - large, 

 *Red Magdalen (of Miller) serrated, without glands large. 



Spring Grove - - globose glands - - large. 



* Royal George - - serrated, without glands small. 



* Noblesse - - _ serrated, without glands large. 

 Malta - - - - serrated, without glands large. 

 George the Fourth - globose glands - - small. 



* Royal Charlotte - serrated, without glands small. 

 Bellegarde ... - globose glands - - small. 

 Barrington . . - globose glands - - large. 

 Chancellor - _ - reniform glands - - small. 



* Late Admirable - - globose glands - - small. 

 Nivette _ . _ globose glands - - small. 

 Morrisania Pound - globose glands ~ - small. 



The above collection contains nothing but freestone peaches 

 and nectarines ; unhappily there exists a division of opinion as 

 to whether clingstones should be entirely rejected : for my own 

 part I have long since made up my mind never to plant a 

 clingstone, considering the extensive assortment of first-rate 

 kinds of melters from which we have to choose. 



The time I would recommend to plant the peach tree, in 

 preference to any other, would be the end of October and be- 

 ginning of November, because the sap is not then wholly inactive. 

 They may, however, be planted with considerable success, from 

 that time until the end of February. Select trees the third 

 season after budding which have been carefully trained in the 

 nursery : those that have produced the shoots of equal and 

 moderate strength should be preferred : there is nothing so 

 desirable as seeing a tree go the right way at first ; therefore, 

 this is a point worth attention. In planting, never dig a pit, 

 but lay the roots carefully on the surface of the border, and cover 

 them not deeper than 3 in. It is advisable, after planting, to 

 cover the hill with a little loose litter, to protect the roots from 

 drying winds. The distances between the trees will depend 

 upon the height of the wall and the width of the border; the 

 space between them will therefore vary from 24 ft. to 20 ft. 

 Should any of the trees, after having been planted two or three 

 years, be growing moi'e vigorously than is desired, I would re- 

 commend their being taken up and replanted; great caution will 

 be requisite in this operation to preserve uninjured all their 

 fibres: a three-pronged fork must be used, and every precaution 

 maintained throughout the performance. When the tree is com- 

 pletely out of the ground, level in the soil and gently tread it, 

 keeping it rather above than under the original level of the 

 border ; the tree will then be planted completely on the surface, 

 and covered as in the former instance : this should be done in 

 October, so that the soil should be properly consolidated before 



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