The Gardener’s monthly and horticultural advertiser . t. I can now always have a crop of peaches in theirseason, and snap my fingers in the face of Jackfrost. This is the second year of its bearing; it has madeabout three or four inches growth the present year,and as it is now in full bearing, I presume will growbut little hereafter. It is a seedling I discovered inthe nursery now three years since, and is probablya sprout from some ordinary variety; it grows inground of ordinary quality, and was manured lastspring with a wheel-barrow load of chip-manure andlime, which is all the care it has r
The Gardener’s monthly and horticultural advertiser . t. I can now always have a crop of peaches in theirseason, and snap my fingers in the face of Jackfrost. This is the second year of its bearing; it has madeabout three or four inches growth the present year,and as it is now in full bearing, I presume will growbut little hereafter. It is a seedling I discovered inthe nursery now three years since, and is probablya sprout from some ordinary variety; it grows inground of ordinary quality, and was manured lastspring with a wheel-barrow load of chip-manure andlime, which is all the care it has received. J.\CKSON Apple.—Amongst a lot of apples re-cently received through the kindness of Jlr. WilsonDijnnis, of Applebackville, Bucks Co., Pa. It can-not be called new, as it has been years ago describedby Dr. W. D. Brinckle; but it is not near as wellknown as it deserves to be, and we, therefore, havepleasure in giving the following outline and descrip-tion of Mr. Dennis specimen, from the pen of ouraccomplished Pomologist, Dr. J. K. Above medium in size, oblate conic in form. Skinyellowish green, with streaks of pale red and russett,and small russctt dots. Stem short, in a deep, nar-row cavity. Calyx brown and large, core greenish white, crisp, tender, juicy, verygood,—some think best.
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