ELMirO-E MCTABIHE 
MONGST our cultivated fraits there are few 
which more frequently produce disaiqioint- 
ment to the cultivator than the Peach and 
Nectarine. This arises, in most cases, from 
one or both of two causes, — from the roots 
' being permitted to penetrate too deeply into 
the soil, or from improper stocks having been used in the pro- 
pagation of the trees. In many small nurseries much care- 
lessness has existed in regard to this latter circumstance, 
suckei-s of any species of Plum being considered applicable; 
whereas, it is indispensable that the stock be suitable to the 
variety of Peach or Nectarine it is to bear; hence, it becomes 
important that purchasers of trees should apply to nurserymen 
who can be depended upon, both for knowledge and principle. 
Stocks raised from the kernels of the Peach, and budded, have 
