858 JOURNAL OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Land for Peach growing should be subsoiled, if not all over, for strips 

 6 or 8 ft. wide where the rows are to run. The trees to set, pruning the 

 young tree, distance for planting orchards, planting the orchard, pruning 

 of bearing trees, cultivation, thinning the fruit, gathering the crop, the 

 outlook, are each dealt with. " The problem of over-production may be 

 left to the man who produces the poorest fruit in the biggest quantities." 



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Peach " Sneed " (earliest of all). By F. Morel (Rev. Hort. 

 pp. 594-5, Dec. 16, 1904 ; coloured plate). — Highly recommended as justi- 

 fying its synonym. American origin (Tennessee). Fine flavour. 



C. T. D. 



Peach, the Honey Group. By F. C. Keimer (U.S.A. Exp. Stn. 

 Florida, Bull. No. 73, 1904 ; figs.). — The Peaches grown in the State of 

 Florida belong to six distinct groups, of which three are best suited to the 

 climate and conditions. 



These are the Peen-to Peaches, which have already been made the 

 subject of an official bulletin, the Spanish, and the Honey. This last 

 group origin ated in some stones of a Chinese Peach, which were sent to 

 America from Canton in 1846, and resulted in the parent variety " Honey," 

 so called from the strong flavour of honey in the fruit. The same variety 

 was known in France from 1852 ; M. Montigny, the then French Consul 

 at Shanghai, having sent over some stones to the Jardin des Plantes. 

 From there it came over to England in 1862, and it has sometimes been 

 erroneously supposed that the name of Honey Peach w T as originally given 

 to it here. The group in Florida consists of many valuable Peaches, all 

 of native production, which have now quite superseded the parent 

 1 Honey.' It includes the following : — 1 Climax,' ' Colon,' ' Early Cream,' 

 ' Ferdinand,' ' Florida Gem,' ' Hastings,' ' Imperial,' ' Kite,' 1 Kite's 

 Honey,' ' Oviedo,' ' Pallas,' ' Sangmel,' ' Stanley,' ' Taber,' 1 Triana,' and 

 1 Townsend.' 



The fruit is of a characteristic shape, rounded, oblong, with a peculiar 

 long conical apex, more or less recurved, and possesses a distinct flavour 

 of honey. Being late bloomers, the group are, in Florida, in little danger 

 from late frosts, and their ripening season being after that of the Peen-to 

 group makes them useful commercially. — M. L. H. 



Peach-tree Borer, The (Sannina exitiosa, Say). By C. L. Marlatt 



(U.S.A. Dep. Agr. Div. Ent., Cir. No. 54). — This insect is one of the 

 Clear-winged Moths, and is nearly allied to the ' Currant Clear- wing ' 

 (Sesia tipuliformis), which is often the cause of injury to our Currant 

 bushes by the caterpillars boring into the shoots. This insect injures 

 Peach trees in the same manner. Details are given of the best preventive 

 and remedial measures. A figure is given showing the insect in its various 

 stages of life.— G. S. 8. 



Pear Psylla. By W. E. Britton (U.S.A. Exp. Stn. Conn., Rep. 

 1908, pp. 262-266 ; 8 figs.). — This insect is abundant in Connecticut as 

 well as in England, and injures the rear tree by sucking the sap from the 

 young leaves and branches. It also excretes honeydew, upon which a 

 mould (Fumago) makes its appearance. The eggs are laid in crevices of 



