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distinct fruit. There are many varieties of the Peach. Tusser in 
1573 mentions Peaches white and red ; Parkinson in 1629 enumer- 
ates 21 sorts ; and Miller in 1750, 31 varieties. Several attempts 
have been made to class the varieties of Peaches and nectarines by 
the leaf and flower, as well as the fruit ; some also founded on the 
glands of the leaves ; but none of these arrangements have been 
found sufficiently perfect for the purpose of this work. 
Culture of the Peach in the open air. Selection of So7-ts. — We are 
informed by those who are familiar with rearing Peach orchards, 
that except the situation be completely favorable as to climate, aspect, 
and shelter, forbear to plant very early, or extreme late fruit, for frost 
will almost invariably cutoff the former, when blooming and setting, 
and the latter will hardly ripen under the declining heat of autumn. 
The Peaches proper for a small garden, according to Forsyth, are: 
the Early Avant, Small Mignonne, Anne Royal, George, Royal Ken- 
sington, Noblesse, Early JVewington, Galande, Early Purple, Chan- 
cellor, Ninette, Catherine, and Late Newington. 
Propagating to procure new varieties. The Peach is raised from 
the stone ; and this mode is pursued in this country even from pro- 
curing trees for common purposes. The Peaches called Acton-Scot 
and Spring-grove were thus originated ; the parent trees were dwarfs 
planted in large pots ; these being brought into a vigorous state of 
health, the pistils of the blossoms of one sort were impregnated with 
the pollen of another : only three Peaches were suffered to remain 
on the same tree ; and from saving the stones of the above-mentioned 
Peaches, other varieties were produced ; the male parent of the latter 
was the large French Mignonne ; and the female the little red nut- 
meg, which choice is consistent with the general principle, that the 
most perfect and vigorous offsprings will be obtained of plants, as of 
animals, when the male and female parent are not too closely rela- 
ted to each other. The Peach does not, like many other species of 
fruits, much exercise the patience of the gardener who raises it from 
seed ; for it may always be made to bear when three years old. In 
