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LIST OF APRICOTS. 



only the sum paid for the trees, but the morti- 

 fication (which can only be known to those who 

 have experienced it) after having planted the 

 trees a few years, of seeing them diseased and 

 and gradually dwindling away. Peaches will 

 grow by grafting, but they never do well, being 

 sure to gum, and get diseased where the scion 

 is put on the stock. In the explanatory list will 

 be found a description of the best sorts, with 

 their seasons for ripening, &c. 



EXPLANATORY LIST OF PEACHES. 



Par. 90. — Noblesse ; this peach is large and 

 handsome, of a whitish green colour, and inclined 

 to red where they are exposed to the sun ; it is 

 a fine melter, and very full of rich juice ; it is 

 a good bearer, and ripens early in September. 



2. Montauban ; this is a fine melting peach, 

 and full of juice, of a deep red towards the 

 sun ; it is a good bearer, and ripens early in 

 September. 



3. Vanguard ; this peach is in every respect 

 so much like the Noblesse that many persons 

 think it the same, but it is not ; the tree is rather 

 of stronger growth, and the fruit something 



