THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ June, 
84 
They will not be long before they commence 
growing, when they may be turned out of the 
pots, and nearly all the old soil removed ; and 
they should then be repotted into smaller pots, 
in a mixture of rich turfy loam and peat, with 
a liberal quantity of good rotten manure and 
silver-sand, taking care the new pots are clean 
and the drainage good. One shift after this, 
into the blooming pots, will be all they will 
require. 
When the blooming season is over, and the 
plants have matured their growth, the pots 
may be laid on their sides, and be allowed to 
remain dry until required in the following 
season, when they may be again treated 
according to the instructions given above.— 
G. Eyles. 
EARLY AMERICAN PEACHES. 
« HE following notes on early American 
Peaches are abstracted from a paper read 
a few months since before the Western 
New York Horticultural Society, by Mr. W. C. 
Bany, of the firm of Ellwanger and Barry, to 
whom we are indebted for a copy of the 
paper:— 
Beckwith’s Early. —Raised by Mr. Beckwith, 
Olathe, Kansas, in 1877. It is a. cling-stone, large, 
showy, firm, and, it is thought, will make a. fine 
market variety. Ripened at Olathe, .Tune 20th, 
1878. 
Bledsoe’s Early Cling. —Ira L. Wood, of Pleas¬ 
ant Hill, Mo., is the originator of this seedling. It 
is claimed to be five days earlier than Amsden, in 
the same locality, and of better quality. 
Storm’s Seedling No. 1.—Raised by James A. 
Storm, Mo. A very handsome freestone, measuring 
eight inches iu circumference. The originator says 
it possesses more fine qualities than any peach he 
has seen, and that it is at least ten or fifteen days 
earlier than the Amsden, and superior in size, 
flavour, colour, and durability. 
Brice’s Early June. —Dr. S. M. Brice, of Kansas, 
is the originator of this variety, which fruited for 
the first time in 1871, and ripened on the 20tli of 
June of that year. Frost and grasshoppers pre¬ 
vented any further fruitage until 1S77, when it 
ripened again from the 20th to the 25th of June. 
In 1878 it ripened June 18th. Dr. Brice says that 
in a test in 1877 with the Amsden, Alexander, Early 
Louise, Early Rivers, and several others of the 
earliest and best varieties known, Brice’s Early 
June proved its superiority in size, flavour, beauty, 
and early maturity. 
Hynes’s Surprise. —Originated by E. F. Hynes, 
West Plains, Mo., 1877; said to be large, highly- 
coloured, very fragrant, a prolific bearer, and a good 
keener. Ripened in 1877 June 28th, in 1878 June 
14th. 
Hape’s Early. —A Georgia seedling, raised by 
Dr. Samuel Ilape, of Atlanta. It is said to equal, 
if not surpass, any early peach now known, in 
flavour, size, hardiness, capacity for shipping and 
beauty. 
Ashhy. —Discovered in Texas among a lot of 
seedlings in 1877. It is said to be a large, hand¬ 
some peach, with firm flesh, of excellent quality, 
and ripens about ten days before the Amsden. 
Baker’s Early May. —A seedling which made its 
first appearance in 1S72 in Texas ; resembles Hale’s 
Early. It is a free-stone, and its originator claims 
that it ripens six to ten days before Amsden. 
Bower’s Early.- —Raised in Frederick, Md., in 
1870. It is a freestone, of good size, measuring 
nine inches in circumference, and considered earlier 
than the Amsden. 
Gov. Garland. —Raised in Arkansas, and said to 
be the largest and best very early peach. 
Harper’s Early. —Originated in Missouri. The 
originators claim that it is the earliest of all 
peaches. 
Waterloo. —The first very early peach ever raised 
in Western New York. It was originated in Water¬ 
loo, by Mr. Henry Disk, and fruited for the first 
time in 1877, when it ripened several days earlier 
than the Alexander or Amsden. In 1878 the first 
specimen ripened July 14th, and all the fruit was 
gathered July 19th, about a week in advance of the 
Alexander and Amsden. The fruit is medium to 
large-size, good specimens measuring nine inches 
in circumference, and weighing five ounces. The 
skin is whitish-green in the shade, marbled red, 
deepening into dark purple-crimson in the sun. 
Flesh greenish-white, with an abundance of sweet 
vinous juice, adheres considerably to the stone like 
Hale’s, Amsden, &c. It is a remarkable keeper, and 
will undoubtedly be of great value for distant as well 
as home markets. 
Conkling. —Among fifty varieties which I had the 
pleasure of seeing in the past season, this was the 
most attractive. The fruit is large, good specimens 
measuring 9^ and 9J- inches in circumference, and 
weighing 61 and 6f ounces. Skin beautiful golden- 
yellow; very juicy, vinous, and of very good quality . 
It succeeds Crawford’s Early. This is another Western 
New York peach, having been raised in the town of 
Parma, N.Y., and fruited for the first time in 1873. 
Kinnaman’s Seedling. —Originated with Samuel 
Kinnaman, of Delaware, ripened 20th of June, 
1878. Fruit of medium size, roundish; skin pale 
brownish-red on a pale-greenish ground ; flesh 
greenish-white to the stone, juicy, sweet, and of a 
very good flavour. Adheres partially. Said to be 
some days earlier than the Alexander or Amsden. 
Burns's. —Raised by Thomas F. Burns, Mount 
Palaski, Ill., who claims that it is the eai’liest peach 
known, being a month earlier than the Alexander. 
Callie Scajf .-—A seedling of Early York raised 
in Water Valley, Ky., said to be earlier and better 
than Amsden. 
Sallie Worrell. —Was found on the ground of Mrs. 
Worrell, near Wilson, N.C. It is regarded by good 
judges as the finest flavoured peach in the Carolines. 
Thompson’s Orange.- —Raised at Wilson, N.C., and 
said to be one of the earliest yellow peaches. It has 
a beautiful colour, somewhat like a yellow apricot; 
is a freestone, and has a good sub-acid flavour. 
Alexander’s Early and Amsden’s June, in which a 
great deal of interest has been manifested, have 
proved so nearly identical, as to. make it impossible 
to distinguish one from the other. They are the 
largest and earliest of the very early sorts, not 
taking into consideration the introductions of 1878, 
of which the “ Waterloo” is thought to be nearly a 
week earlier. The time of ripening of the newer 
sorts has also been satisfactorily determined. Alex¬ 
ander, Amsden, Honeyivell, and High’s Early Canada 
bear such a striking resemblance to each other as 
to be considered almost identical, and all ripen at 
about the same time. Then follow in the order 
