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time the Amsden Peacli can be bought in the streets of Paris 
three weeks before the Montrmil variety. The tree is strong in 
growth and blossom, and its fertiHty leaves nothing to be 
desired ; a moderate pruning in the autumn is sufficient. 
When we come to the method of training Peach trees on 
walls, our thoughts are at once carried to Montreuil, near Paris, 
which has a reputation two hundred years old for its gardens and 
trained specimen trees. From amongst the Peaches sent to the 
Paris market, the best and freshest are chosen out, packed with 
great care, and despatched to the North of Europe, where Peaches 
can only be grown under glass. 
Peach-groiving for Profit. — For this purpose the trees may 
either be planted in orchards, or in rows, or scattered about in 
the vineyards, or they may be trained against walls. We will 
consider the results of both methods. 
1. Cultivation as Standards. — Peaches are grown as standards 
towards the Centre of France, in the West, and over the whole of 
the South. There are, however, a few exceptions — namely, in 
the Franche-Comte, near the gates of Besan^on, Peach planta- 
tions may be seen dotted amongst the vineyards, on the hills 
with an east aspect, at the village of Beure. These Beure Peaches 
yield on an average annually from 40,000 to 50,000 francs. The 
commune of 1,100 inhabitants sells yearly from 100,000 to 
150,000 francs' worth of different kinds of fruit, not counting the 
profit from the vineyards and the neighbouring districts of Avanne 
and Velotte, which obtain similar financial results. In the Dau- 
phinc district the Peach do Syrie, called the " de Tullins " variety, 
is cultivated, named after a canton in the Isere district, where it 
has been propagated for many years. This variety reproduces 
itself from seed. The fruit is good, firm and well coloured, and is 
sent to Grenoble and Lyons, and to other towns roundabout, and 
even to Paris. 
The country round Nice still remains faithful to the Niyardo 
variety, a Peach with a tough skin, highly coloured, ripening 
in September, whilst tlie plain of Sauvebonne and the Gapeau 
valley produce more of the soft-skinned varieties. There is 
one orchard at Decapris, near Ilycres, which yields 50 kilos, 
of Peaches per tree, the trees being six years old, and of both 
the freestone and clingstone varieties. The owner of this estate, 
who i3 the winner of the Prize of Honour, planted in 1877 and 
