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public notice by the Author, during the last twenty- 

 seven years ; some of them equal to the wall-grown 

 peaches of England. Such results should induce ex- 

 tended experiments, and the issue would, doubtless, be 

 the acclimatisation of this and other fruits through the 

 medium of seed, giving life to new sorts — natives of 

 the climate — which, while possessing most of the good 

 qualities of the parent, would prove hardy and pro- 

 ductive in a clime in which the parent was unfruitful. 

 The same course was adopted in America, by which 

 some of the most valuable apples now in cultivation 

 were originated. In growing seedlings, however, one 

 point should be kept steadfastly in view, namely: on 

 the tree fruiting, if it does not prove superior in some 

 particular to what was possessed before, cut it down — 

 do not be satisfied unless some advance has been gained, 

 or else the ground will be filled with worthless varieties. 

 A hundred trees may stand for fruit, and not one prove 

 worth saving as a new variety. 



The peach is grown extensively in America for dry- 

 ing, for making brandy, and for feeding pigs. The 

 wood of the tree produces the color called rose pink ; 

 and the leaves boiled in milk will, it is said, destroy 

 worms in young children. The drying is performed 

 thus : a small room, in which an oven is provided, is 

 fitted up with drawers round the sides, lathed at the 

 bottom ) each tier of drawers has an interval between. 

 The peaches (which should be ripe) are cut in two and 

 laid in single layers on the laths, with the skins down- 

 wards, to save the juice. They are soon dried by the 

 air of the stove. See also " Drying Fruits." 



Varieties : The following are a few of the choicest 

 English, French, and New South Wales peaches, 

 suitable for cultivation in New England, N .S.W. , Darling 

 Downs, and other parts of Queensland of a similar 

 temperature : — Noblesse, Royal George, Mignonne, Ro- 

 man, Royal Kensington, Camden Eozcelleni, Camden 

 Large Red, Bell's Freestone, and numerous others. In 



