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sheltered situations, in the same localities, we would 

 recommend the following to be tried on account of 

 their early ripening : — Flat China, Common China, and 

 Double Blossom China. 



For the neighborhood of Brisbane, Ipswich, Mary- 

 borough, and the nothern districts, the Flat China is 

 the peach most especially adapted, as it is a slipstone 

 peach of good flavor, and ripens so early as generally 

 to escape the worm, which sometimes destroys the late 

 sorts. The following successional varieties should be 

 found in every collection ; their merits in this climate 

 can scarcely be over-estimated : — 



Hocking s' Swentoa : Size, medium ; flavor, good ; 

 freestone ; flesh, white, pink next the stone, juicy, and 

 rich ; very prolific ; ripens at Christmas. This peach 

 is a decided advance upon those previously possessed, 

 as it has the agreeable flavor of the Persian peach, and 

 is free from the peculiar acidity and bitterness which 

 characterise the common round China peaches. It is 

 an acquisition, and marks an era in the acclimatization 

 of the peach, (New.) 



Hockings' Remlet : Size, medium ; flavor, excellent ; 

 clingstone; flesh, white, tender, melting, juicy, and 

 rich ; color, deep red where exposed to the sun ; form, 

 good; very prolific; ripens first week in January. 

 This handsome and delicious peach is also of the Per- 

 sian strain, and, when ripe, it is as tender in texture 

 as a freestone peach. (New.) 



Hochings Klumper : Size, medium; flavor, good ; 

 freestone ; flesh, yellow at the stone ; prolific bearer ; 

 ripens at Christmas to middle of January. 



Hochings' Shointon : Size medium ; flavor, delicious, 

 juicy; color, good; downy; freestone; flesh, red at 

 the stone; prolific; ripens throughout January and 

 part of February. 



Hockings* Metuah : Size, very large ; luscious apricot 

 flavor ; color, fine ; flesh r rich yellow ; freestone ; fruit 

 often ten inches round ; ripens latter part of January. 



