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L. An Account of a new Peachfrom North America : called 

 Braddick's American Peach. In a Letter to the Secre- 

 tary. By John Braddick, Esq. F. H. S. 



Read November 7, 1815. 



Sir, 



In compliance with your request, I now give an account of 

 the Peach tree, fruit of which was tasted at your last meeting, 

 and deemed worthy of notice. 



Some years ago, when travelling through Maryland, Vir- 

 ginia, and the neighbouring provinces of the United States 

 of America, I had an opportunity of observing the mode in 

 which the Peach trees of those provinces were propagated, 

 which was invariably from the stone of the Peach, the plant 

 being never budded, but always remaining in a state of 

 nature. In the middle, and southern provinces of the United 

 States, it is no uncommon circumstance for a planter to 

 possess a sufficient number of Peach trees to produce him, 

 after fermenting and distilling the pulp, from fifty to one 

 hundred barrels of Peach brandy: the manufacturing of this 

 liquor, and the feeding of hogs, being the principal uses to 

 which the Peach is applied in those countries. A Peach 

 orchard usually contains a thousand or more standard trees. 

 These trees being raised in the manner which I have detailed, 

 it is easy to conceive, that the fruit growing on them must 

 consist of an endless variety, scarcely any two trees producing 



