. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. THE PEACH. 605 esteemed and generally cultivated in Europe. Innumerable seedlings tave been produced in this country, and some of them are of the highest excellence. ,One or two of our nurserymen's catalogues enumerate over a hundred kinds, chiefly of native origin. Half of these are second rate sorts, or merely local va- rieties o
. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. THE PEACH. 605 esteemed and generally cultivated in Europe. Innumerable seedlings tave been produced in this country, and some of them are of the highest excellence. ,One or two of our nurserymen's catalogues enumerate over a hundred kinds, chiefly of native origin. Half of these are second rate sorts, or merely local va- rieties of no superior merit, and others are nev? names for old sorts or seedlings newly produced, and differing in no essential respects from old varieties. It is very desirable to reduce the collection of peaches to reasonable limits, because, as this fruit neither offers the same variety of flavour nor the extent of season as the apple and pear, a moderate number of the choicest kinds, ripening from the earliest to the latest, is in every respect bet- ter than a great variety, many of which must necessarily be second rate. It is worthy of remark that most of our American varieties, of the first quality, have proved second rate in England. This is owing to the comparative want of sun and heat in their cli- mate. Indeed our finest late peaches will not ripen at all ex- cept under glass, and the early varieties are much later than with us. On the other hand, many of the best European sorts are finer here than in England, and we have lately endeavoured to introduce all of the foreign sorts of high quality, both with the view of improving our collection, and because we believe. Fig. 211. â Characters in the kaiies of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Downing, A. J. (Andrew Jackson), 1815-1852;
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