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abundance of some other more favored locality. 

 The fruit is so luscious, and is so speedily and 

 cheaply obtained, when obtained at all, that we 

 must not relax efforts to secure it. Unlike the 

 pear, this fruit never reaches its quality except 

 as ripened on the tree. Hence it is the more 

 important to raise our own supply. 



The season of the peach is short. The list 

 of varieties should consequently be short. Many 

 varieties reproduce themselves from the seed, or 

 are so near the parent as scarcely to deserve 

 distinction. A few old favorites still retain their 

 reputation, in the face of all the novelties which 

 are continually brought forward. These may in 

 time depreciate in merit and improved seedlings 

 may take their place. Orchardists will confine 

 themselves to such large, productive, and vigor- 

 ous kinds as Early Crawford, Old Mixon, per- 

 haps adding Mountain Rose and Late Craw- 

 ford, but in order to obtain a continued supply 

 and the rich variety of flavors, we must draw 

 freely from the list. Other kinds of local merit 

 are constantly presented, with which the amar 

 teur will gladly experiment. 



In the colder sections, where the thermom- 

 eter is liable to run sixteen degrees below 

 zero, such varieties as the Crawfords are Mei-y 

 uncertain, and it is well to plant more hard}- 



