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THE NURSERl’-LIST 383back process is continwd till the buds have developed a, length of;< to 4 inches, when the stocks may bc cut off and all the leavescleaned up.Peach trees map* IW graftcci and this practice is somletimes followedin top-working trees sex?eral years of age ; but when. it is desired tochange the variety, it, is better to do so by budding, since thewounds made in grafting do not heal readily.‘1s buds can be set successfully only in wood of the currentseason’s growth, it is necessary to head back olld trees severelyand get a vigorous growth of sprouts if it is desired to work themover to other varieties.Ornamental peaches (as double-flowered varieties) are buddedon common peach stock m the same way as the fruit-bearing sorts.The nectarine is propxgat,ed in the ,sarne way and on the samestwkC; n.s the pca..ch. For PIWRIM Sinzon.ii, see Phr FII.Peanut, Goober ( A4 m-h is h~yyogm). Zqumin,osce.Grown from seeds, which, for greenhouses or cold climates,should be sown in heat. In warm exposures and quick soil in thelXorth, seeds planted directly in the open will give satisfactoryresults for the amateur. The peanut, as a field crop in the South,is grown from seeds planted where the crop is to stand. Theseed of thcl thick-podded kinds is shelled before planting, but notof t,he thin-podded kinds. The seed is plant,ed at the same seasonas corn (maize), 6 to 10 inches apart, jin the row, and the rows 2st.0 3 feet apart,.Pear (Pyres con2m umi, t’. serot i)La and perhaps others). Rosacece.Pear seedlings are grown in the same way as those of the apple,which see. Pear stocks are imported from France, however, as theleaf-blight is so destructive to t.hem here as to render their cultureunprofitable. This leaf-blight is a furngus, and recent experimenthas shown that it can be readily overcome by four or five thoroughsprayings with bordeaus mixture, so that there is reason to hopethat the growing of pear stocks may yet become profitable in thiscountry, although the higher price of labor here, and the drier summers,are serious disadvantages. Heretofore, the only means ofmitigating the ravages of this blight was the uncertain one of inducinga strong growth early in the season. Even-when pear stocksare raised in this country, they are grown from4imported Frenchseed. Aside from its cheapness, however, this foreign seed probablypossesses no superiority over domestic seed. But pear seed is so