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flavour, and parts freely from the stone. ‘The trees are of healthy and 
free growth, and not at all subject to mildew. ‘This 1s an English variety. 
It was raised from the Noblesse by Mr. Morton, of Walberton, Sussex. 
A notice of it has already been given in our pages ; but still even now it 
is not so well known as it deserves to be. ; 
The Catherine and Incomparable are large showy fruit, and that is _ 
their only recommendation. Both are clingstones, and unworthy of 
cultivation. : 
The Late Admirable is the next best to follow in succession ; it has 
hitherto been considered the best late Peach, and it still retains that 
reputation. The fruit is very large and beautiful im appearance, 
ripening a trifle later than the Walberton. It is a free stone, but 
the flesh is coarse and stringy; nevertheless, it is stil the best of 
its season. The trees are hardy, and of exceedingly strong and healthy 
habit. 
Pool’s Late Yellow, an introduction from America by Mr. Rivers, 
of Sawbridgeworth, is also a rich-flavoured melting Peach, ripening. 
about the same time as the Salway. We hope to give additional 
particulars of this before another season. 
Desse and Ward’s Late Peaches are other valuable late varieties, 
in Mr. Rivers’ collection. 
Bourdine do.—This, like the above, is alate Peach. Both it and 
the Desse are melting, free stone kinds, and ripen after the Late 
Admirable. 
We are led to hope great things from the attention Mr. 
Rivers is paying to the importation and raising new seedling 
Peaches, with the object of increasing the number and 
improving the quality of very early and very late kinds. 
Report says, Mr. Rivers has an American Peach, growing to 
the size of a goodly Melon, and ripening even in Georgia in 
November. So we may expect Peaches in mid-winter, in 
tolerable perfection, before very long, if the above is correct. 
HARDY TREES IN POTS. 
WueEN Mr. Barron, of Elvaston, in his admirable work, “‘ The British 
Winter Garden,” pointed out the folly of planters stocking their 
grounds with plants which the custom of the trade had kept in pots 
from a state of seedlings till they were some years old and several 
feet high, we thought, as the evil and disappointment which are sure 
to follow the practice were then so clearly pointed out, it would cause 
the potting system with this class of plants to be abandoned by the 
trade ; or at any rate that it would not. be continued for more than a 
year or two from the seedling stage, as, under any circumstances, the 
plants could be transferred to the open ground with safety. We 
do happen to know some nurserymen who have taken this view 
of the question, and who have thousands of young Conifers and ever- 
