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established under good management, when the choice, loamy, 

 deep soils are not available. The deep alluvial cool soils along 

 the river banks are very suitable for all kinds of stone fruits, 

 and rich gravelly bottoms of the hill sides for apple, pear, 

 quince, mulberry, &c. 



None of the small English fruits, such as the gooseberry, 

 currant, raspberry, or strawberry, succeed well, except in cooler 

 valleys, or mountainous elevations, where they always attain 

 the highest perfection for quality and productiveness. 



A few remarks on the leading kinds of fruits will assist in 

 judging of their comparative value in the colony. 



The Loquat Trees delight on warm gentle slopes of hills on 

 good soils, where they produce in some seasons very good 

 crops of fine, large, well-flavored fruit. 



The Quince Trees grow and bear to perfection, the banks 

 of the rivers along the margins of orchards, being often thickly 

 bedded with them ; they also succeed admirably well on 

 higher grounds. 



The Walnut Tree is here highly prized for its stately gran- 

 deur of appearance, as well as for its abundant fruit ; but to 

 develop the tree to perfection, a cool, deep, loamy soil is 

 needed. 



The Sweet Chesnut is perhaps improperly placed here, but 

 as it is invariably found in the orchard, we have classed it 

 accordingly. When planted in a cool, deep, loamy, porous 

 soil, in sheltered localities, it grows well enough. 



The Apple Trees succeed here admirably web, especially 

 when planted in a good well prepared situation, and properly 

 treated after the first five years' planting. The fruit of this 

 season was very fine, and yielded generally a good crop. Six 

 apples of the custard variety grown, on the banks of the river 

 Plenty, produced 7 lbs. weight. American blight is very des- 

 tructive in many orchards, chiefly after being established 

 eight or ten years. We are very deficient in all those newly 

 imported varieties now cultivated in England. 



The Pear Tree also succeeds remarkably well, attaining to 

 perfection both in point of flavor and amount of produce. 

 Some varieties of pears are not unfrequently found to weigh 

 from, 1^ lb. each up to 2 1 lbs. 



Peach, Nectarine, and Apricot. — Perhaps there are no 

 fruit trees which are more prolific here than these, whe- 

 ther as regards their vigorous growth, or the ample crops of 

 fruit. 



The Cherry and the Plum grow vigorously and produce 



