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PEACH. 



This variety should have three situations in the 

 garden, viz. one due south, another south-east, and 

 a third on a south-west aspect. This is for the pur- 

 pose of continuing their season of ripening ; which, 

 by such means, will be prolonged through the month. 

 For a single tree, however, the south-east aspect is 

 perhaps the best. 



The avant being one of the French peaches that 

 does not take on the muscle stock, must only be 

 budded on the pear plum, or Brompton stocks, to 

 ensure success. It requires much care in early 

 spring, to secure the flowers against frost. 



2. Pourpre Hative P. — Ripe the end of August. 

 The leaves are slightly serrated ; flowers large ; fruit 

 rather small, nearly round ; colour marbled red ; 

 pulp melting, and red at the stone; juice abundant, 

 and of delicate flavour. The tree is healthy, bears 

 well, and is well worth cultivation. There is another 

 sort of peach in French catalogues allied to this ; 

 namely, the violet hative, which only differs a little 

 in the shape of the fruit. Both sorts are scarce. 



3. Early Anne P. — In season from the middle 

 to the end of August. This is supposed to be an 

 English variety, having been raised by a lady of the 

 name of Anne Dunch, somewhere in Berkshire, in 

 the reign of George 1. Miller has not noticed it in 

 his Dictionary of 1743, though it is described by 

 his contemporary Langley. The leaves are doubly 

 serrated ; flowers large ; fruit small ; colour nearly 

 white, with faint dashes of red ; flesh melting, and 

 white at the stone. In fine seasons it arrives at good 



