VAEIETIES or PEACHES. 



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Walberton Admirable is one of the very best late 

 peaches, ripening the end of September and beginning 

 of Octoberc The fruit is pale yellow and red. 



The Salway is another very excellent late variety, 

 ripening the end of October or beginning of November. 

 The fruit is dark orange. 



These varieties, which I name suggestively, will offer 

 sufficient choice for almost any private garden ; and I 

 think they are all kinds which may be obtained without 

 difficulty from any good nursery. If the space be 

 limited, it may be best to have an early and a late peach, 

 and to choose the remainder from the best of those which 

 ripen in September. 



The Eed Xutmeg, or Avant Peche Eouge, is the 

 earliest hardy peach of any, as it ripens the end of 

 July. The fruit is small and sweet, with a little musky 

 taste : it is nice-flavoured just as it ripens, but in a very 

 little time it becomes very poor. The Malta, Belle de 

 Paris, or Italian peach, is good and hardy : in Nor- 

 mandy it does well as a standard : the flavour is very 

 excellent, and the fruit has the merit of keeping, and 

 bearing carriage very well. It is ripe early in September. 

 George the Pourth is a peach of American origin, which 

 is good for forcing, and when forced it is very good in 

 flavour. It ripens the middle of September. The mon- 

 strous Pavie of Pomponne, which has many other names, 

 is the largest peach we have. The fruit is yellowish- 

 white, with a very red cheek; it is not first-class in 

 flavour. In warm, dry seasons it ripens towards the end 

 of October, but in less favourable weather it will not 

 ripen out of doors. 



In Scotland, and cold localities, wall fruit of course 

 requires a south or south-east wall, and in all parts 

 which are not very warm those aspects are almost 

 necessary. In all parts less genial than our most 

 southerly counties, good kinds to select are Barrington, 

 Violette Hative, Chancellor, Malta, Eoyal Charlotte, 

 and Noblesse. 



