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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN. 
PEACH GROWING IN FRANCE. 
The cultivation of the peach in France is carried on ex¬ 
tensively as a commercial undertaking, both standard and 
wall trees being grown. The latter, however, are the 
most profitable. The largest centres of production are 
Montreuil, near Paris, and Ecully, near Lyons, where the 
method of training peach trees has been brought to great 
perfection. Montreuil, which is a favored spot both for 
soil and aspect, has 300 hectares of land surrounded by 
walls, the inner side of which are used almost entirely for 
growing trained peach trees. The total produce of these 
gardens is estimated at about 3,300 francs per hectare 
from peaches cultivated in this way. The severe winter 
1879-1880 caused losses to the value of 2,500,000 francs, in¬ 
cluding peaches on trellises and walls, and in orchards ; but 
there is no doubt that owing to the replacement of the 
dead trees by new ones, and to the fresh plantations made, 
the district will soon regain its former prosperity. There 
are about 600,000 meters of fruit walls at Montreuil, 
counting the walls used for dividing the different proper¬ 
ties which are invaluable for concentrating the heat and 
keeping off the cold, as well as increasing the available 
space for trained trees ; and so, calculating that one meter 
of wall produces twenty-two to twenty-five peaches, one 
arrives at the sum of 12,000,000 peaches as an average 
annual yield. Or, say that there are 300 hectares enclosed, 
of which one hectare can yield 40,000 peaches, or one 
acre 15,000, and we arrive again at a total of 12,000,000 
peaches. The first ripe fruit sells at from two to three 
francs apiece, and the latest, when there is no longer any 
competition to be feared from the South, will fetch even 
more. 
Peaches are most plentiful from August 15 to Sep¬ 
tember 15. The Montreuil grower, endeavoring to 
ensure a continuous sale of fruit without any interval, has 
for some years largely grown Hale’s Early as a connecting 
link between Amsden and Early Grosse Mignonne. The 
variety Paltet, which ripens about October 15, ends the 
season of good peaches. In his lecture before the R. H. 
S., M. Baltet stated that in 1892 Montreuil produced 
600 000 francs’ worth of peaches and apples, and 200,000 
francs’ worth of other fruits ; it also sent out a total of 
800,000 francs’ worth of vegetables, and floweis to the 
value of 300,000 francs, besides a quantity of grapes, the 
produce of forty-five hectares of vines. The people of 
Montreuil not only take fullest advantages of climate and 
soil, and all the opportunities of increasing their business 
that present themselves—they also make opportunities.— 
Gardeners' Magazine. 
F. JAMES, Ussy, (Calvados) France. 
..Grower and Exporter of.. 
Fruit Forest Tree Stock?, 
(oniferae, OmtiKotal Shrubs, 
...ETC., ETC... 
Send your list of wants for special quotations. 
Address J f de Veer, 15 Whitehall St., New York. 
Sole Agent for United States and Canada. 
AS PROMISED 
In our last number, we now give the names of more varieties which 
have been added to the list of plates, which heretofore could only be 
procured hand painted, but are now lithographed by that progressive 
firm, the Steelier Lithographic Co., of Rochester, N. Y. Crown Bob 
and Whitesmith Gooseberries ; Hilborn & Palmer Raspberries ; Stone’s 
Hardy, Wilson Jr. and Eldorado Blackberries ; Greenville, Shuckless, 
and Timbrcll Strawberries. 
Do not forget their list of ready made books, when in need of a plate 
book in a hurry. They have something to suit you no matter where 
located. 
Look Out fok their Exiiiisit at Chicago Convention. 
Send for Catalogue. 
(SpaiJldii'Ig NUr5ERY&0rchard Co. SpaUlding.Ill 
.Near Springfield. 
FOR JUNE SHIPMENT. 
Apple, Pear, Cherry, 
Plum, Peach, Apricot 
BUDS 
CI1DPI |P<* Tying Cordage, 
' 3ur * Sewing Twine, 
Manufacturers Agt. for Burlaps, Etc. 
FOR FALL 
Grown for the 
Wholesale Trade. 
Std. and Dwf. Pear, Plum, Cherry, 
Peach, Apricot, Currants, Black¬ 
berries, Grapes. Ornamentals, etc. 
MANY NEW VALUABLE SORTS. 
VISITORS AND CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. 
Spineless_— 
Gooseberries. 
Introduced by 
LETELLIER & SON, 
CAEN, FRANCE. 
Orders for Fall delivery booked by 
C. H. JOOSTEN, Sole Agt., 
193 Greenwich St., - NEW YORK. 
P. Sebire & Sons, 
NURSERYMEN, 
Ussy, 
Calvados, France. 
Preliminary Advance Tiists on Fruit Tree Stocks just 
received and will be mailed on application. Usual advance list ready 
in June. Complete Catalogue ready in September. 
Agents for U. S. A. and Canada . . . 
C. C. ABEL & CO., P. 0. Box 920, NEW YORK. 
GUSTAV KLARNER, Proprietor of the 
QUINCY STAR NURSERIES 
QUINCY, ILLINOIS, 
Offers for Fall ’96 or Spring ’97, a fine lot of 2=year 
Cherry, in large or small lots. Strictly first-class stock. 
Correspondence solicited. Write for prices. 
GUSTAV KLARNER, Quincy, Illinois. 
