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here enumerated, are the Sorts moft 

 worth planting ; and in the Lift the 

 choicer* only mould be planted : but 

 I (hall juft mention the Names of 

 thofe Sorts omitted, for the Satif- 

 faclion of the Curious 



The Sion ; the Bourdeaux ; the 

 Swatch or Dutch ; the Carlijle ; the 

 Eton ; thePecbt dt P«»;YeJl0w Admi- 

 rable ; the Double-flower. This laft 

 Sort is generally planted more for the 

 Beauty of the Flowers, than for the 

 Goodnefsof the Fruit; of which fome 

 Years the Standard -trees produce 

 great Plenty ; but they are late ripe, 

 and have a cold watry infipid Juice. 

 The dwarf Peach isalfo preferved in 

 fome Places as a Curiofiry. This is 

 a very tender Tree, making very 

 weak Shoots, which are very full of 

 Flower - buds. The Fruit is not fo 

 large as a Nutmeg, and not good, 

 nor will the Tree laft any time ; fo 

 it is not worth cultivating. 



"And indeed, from thefe thirty-one 

 above-named, there are not above 

 ten of them which I would advife to 

 be planted ; becaufe when a Perfon 

 can be furnifhed with thofe which 

 are good, or has the bell of the Sea- 

 fon, it is not worth while to plant 

 any which are middling or indiffer- 

 ent, for the fake of Variety : there- 

 fore the Sorts which I mould prefer 

 are thefe after-mentioned : 



The early Purple ; the Grofe Mig- 

 non ; Belle Cht<vreufe ; Red Magda- 

 len ; Chancellor ; Bellegarde ; Bour- 

 din RoJJ'anna ; Rambouillet ; and 

 Ninette. Thefe are the Sorts bell 

 worth planting ; and as they fucceed 

 each other, fo they will furnifh the 

 Table thro' the Seafon of Peaches ; 

 and where there is room, and the 

 Situation very warm, one or two 

 Trees of the Catharine Peach mould 

 have Place ; for in very warm Sea- 

 fons it is an excellent Fruit. 



The French diftinguiih thofe we 



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call Peaches into two Sorts ; *v!x. 

 Pavies and Pi aches ; thofe are cali'd 

 Peaches which quit the Stone; and 

 thofe whofe Flem clofely adheres 

 to the Stone, are call'd Pavies : thefe 

 are much more efteem'd in France 

 than the Peaches ; tho' in England 

 the latter are preferr'd to the former 

 by the generality of Perfons. 



The French alfo diftinguifh them 

 into Male and Female ; the Pavies 

 they make to be the Male, and the 

 Peaches the Female: but this Di- 

 ftin&ion is without Foundation, fince 

 the Kernels of both Sorts will pn - 

 duce Trees equally : for the Flow- 

 en of Peach trees are generally Her- 

 maphrodite, and have all the Parts 

 of Generation in them ; fo that there 

 is no Neceffity of fuppofing any of 

 them to be intircly Ma'e or Female : 

 but it is likely, that this Dillinclion 

 is of long (landing, before Perfons 

 had a perfecl Notion of Male and 

 Female in Plants, or at lead they did 

 not know how to diftinguilh them 

 al under. 



The Nectarines (as I have in an- 

 other Place faid) are by the French 

 calFd Brugnonsy which differ from 

 the other two Sorts, in having a firm 

 hard Flelh, and the Skins quite, 

 fmooth, without any Down upon 

 them. The Sorts of thefe I have al- 

 ready mention'd under the Article 

 Neclarinrs y to which the Reader may 

 readily turn : therefore I (hall not 

 repeat them in this Place. 



I fhall now fet down the good 

 Qualities of Peaches, by which any 

 Perfon may judge of their Worth. 



A good Peach ought to have a 

 firm Flem : the Skin mould be thin, 

 of a deep or bright-red Colour nexc 

 the Sun, and of a yellowilh Caft next 

 the Wall : the Flem mould be of a 

 yellowifh Colour, full of Juice, 

 which mould be high-flavour'd : the 

 Stone fmall, and the Pulp or Flem 



very 



