GEOEGE BtTNYAED & CO.'S FEUlT CATALOGUE. 



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PEACHES— Continued. 



The Nectarine Peach 



Violete Mtive, or Eng- 

 lish. Galaude 

 *Walburton Admirable 



* Waterloo 



late Very large and luscious, with brisk vinous flavour and a hardy- 



constitution ; first-rate. 



medium Large, very rich flavour, good bearer ; hardy and excellent ; 

 one of the best ; small stone. 



very late Large, excellent, handsome, fine late variety, very large under 



glass, and succeeds admirably on the open wall, 

 first early Medium, recommended confidently as superior to any first 

 early kind we have, in size, colour, and flavour ; bears freely 

 in pots, forces well, and is hardy outside ; first-rate. Six 

 weeks earlier than Royal George, and three weeks before 

 Hale's early, forced in the same house ; reaching eight ozs. 

 in weight. F.C., R.H.S. 



The cold Springs of 1897-8, with constant frosts, told severely on Peaches and Nectarines, and our notes 

 enable us to indicate by * those which succeeded best under this trial. It would therefore be safe for buyers 

 to select (for outside culture) the kinds marked with an asterisk. 



Outside Peach borders must not be cropped with vegetables nearer than three feet, and this space should 

 not be dug ; a good mulch can be given to a heavy crop. Thompson's Vine Manure is indispensible'for the 

 production of large Peaches. With reference to Waterloo, Alexander, and Amsden Peaches, casting their 

 flowers, we have had no difficulty with them ; if forced very gently, and kept steadily on until the fruit is 

 stoned, extra heat can then safely be applied to force them. They are invaluable for the first crop, and 

 although somewhat wanting in size, they have very little stones, and outside are a month earlier than most. 



" The fruit of Peaches, Nectarines, and Apricots had been gathered, but their luxuriant growth, fully 

 ripened by the September summer, and the many modes of training adopted, afforded an interesting picture." 

 — The Garden, October, 1890. 400 fully cropped trees are annually tested in the Orchard House. 



SELECT PEACHES, AS THEY EIPEN. 



Earliest. 



Waterloo, first-rate 

 Early Alexander 

 Amsden June 

 Hale's Early 



Early. 



Rivers' Early York 

 Condor 



Early Grosse Mignonne 

 Early Alfred 



Medium. 



Goshawk 

 Violette h&tive 

 Royal George 

 Grosse Mignonne 

 Stirling Castle 



Alexandra 

 Noblesse, old 

 Eellegarde 

 Crimson Galande 

 Dymond 



Late. 



Barrington 

 Nectarine Peach 



Eor season of Nectarines see pages 28-29. 



Sea Eagle 

 Late Devonian 



Very Late. 



Princess of Wales 

 Walburton Admirable 

 Gladstone 

 Golden Eagle 

 Lady Palmerston 



HAEDY PEACHES POE BUSH CULTTJEE. 



For some years R. D. Blackmore, Esq., has successfully grown Peaches out of doors in his gardens, 

 and we are inclined to think that the new race of American-Peaches can be grown outside as Half-standards 

 in many places in the Kingdom. The situation should be sheltered, and the soil should be calcareous, rather 

 shallow and abounding in porous stones (which can be added if needed, or broken bricks would answer), and 

 the trees should be treated like Plums and only be watered with liquid manure when they carry a crop. The 

 aim of the cultivator being to get the wood well ripened ; fruit so grown carries a fine colour and is very rich 

 in flavour. Trees for Half-standards, 5/0 each ; six for 21/0. 



Hale's Early. 



Waterloo. 



Early Alexander. 



