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CHAPTER III. 



OF PEACHES 



Different Sorts of Peaches defcribed — Of the Soil — Of planting » 

 heading, pruning, and training — Method of making Incifions — 

 Of covering Peach-Trees, watering, Xc. 



1 HE Peach, Perfica, is a native of Perfia, and was intro- 

 duced from thence into Europe. It belongs to the twelfth 

 clafs of Linnaeus. 



The following are the Sorts cultivated in this Country. 



[N. B. Thofe marked with an Afterifk (*) adhere to the 

 ffcone, and are by the French called Pavies.] 



1. The White Nutmeg Peach. This Peach is fmall, and 

 the juice fugary. It is only efteemed as being firft ripe. It is 

 in eating in July, and loon grows mealy. 



2. The Red Nutmeg is a great bearer, and valued for its 

 early maturity. It is of a bright vermilion colour, and has a 



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