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we enquire whether or not it succeeds well, we are told 

 it does. If we again ask, "Is it not good?" we are an- 

 swered, " Yes, excellent ;" but that is all the satisfaction we 

 receive. Well, it is pt-rhaps to remind us that all things 

 here are mutable, and passing away ; old fruits, as well as 

 old friends and old families ; old associations and fond old 

 memories claim a passing tear. Let us not grudge it, but 

 proceeil with our task. 



It is an American seedling, and is said to be the parent 

 of both tlie Crawfords. If this be so, it has left a noble 

 progeny ; and our regret for the decadence of the parent 

 will be much modified and softened in contemplating the 

 robust prosperity and unbounded popularity of the 

 children. 



Tree thrifty, and vigorous. Leaves with globose glands. 

 Flowers small. Fruit large, globose-oval ; terminal point 

 distinct ; skin yellow, with red cheek. i^'^esAdeep yellow, 

 with red at the stone, juicy, melting and good. 



Smock. 

 St. George. 

 This peach originated with Mr. Smock, of Middletown, 

 New Jersey, whose name it bears. We have put it on 

 our largest planting list, not because we value it, or would 

 recommend it, but because some of our neighbors and 

 friends continue to plant it for market, and would consider 

 any extended list incomplete without it. It undoubtedly 

 has two or three good market qualities. It is a hardy, 

 vigorous tree, succeeding well in almost any soil; it bears 

 regularly, and its crops are enormous. In this last respect 

 it is unsurpassed. So great are its loads, that it often 

 breaks down under them long before the fruit attains its 

 size. The fruit is of medium size, or above it, very firm, 

 and bears carriage well ; it comes in very late, usually 

 closing the season. For a long time, and until the intro- 

 duction of Hale's Early, it bore the inverse relation to 



