46 TREATISE ON FRUIT TREES. 



though slightly wider relative to their length. Moreover their green color also resembles 

 that of peach tree leaves. 



Furthermore, this tree should be grown only in ornamental gardens. 



CULTIVA TION. 



I. THE PEACH TREE, like all plants, bears fertile seeds suitable for propagation. 

 But its seeds, like those of other fruit trees, rarely propagate true to type. Generally they 

 only produce varieties of lesser quality. Nevertheless I've observed peach trees grown 

 from pits that yield delicious & beautiful fruit in several provinces & even in vineyards 

 around Paris. I've planted pits from the best peaches grown on espalier. Most of the 

 resulting trees yielded fruit that connoisseurs often prefer to those grown on espalier. 

 Some have remained true to type & without alteration; on others the shape & size of the 

 fruit deteriorated. Some yielded varieties that aren't very worthwhile. Several experts 

 have tried the same approach and they got the same results. 



From these studies & findings I conclude that: 1°. it's incorrect to believe, as some 

 have claimed, that to raise good kinds of peach trees from seeds the pits must come from 

 natural trees & not from grafts. 2°. peaches disdained as vineyard peaches aren't such in 

 fact; it's because they're produced by almost wild trees growing from pits that came from 

 poor kinds of trees planted or sown in those locations long ago. 3°. since grafting doesn't 

 change the type at all, as shown in The Natural History of Trees, planting the pits is the 

 only way to obtain new types & varieties of peach trees. 



