This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V25", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
For small city yards there are no more satisfactory fruits than peaches and grapes. We have occasionally noted the great success of Mr. Blodget, in a city yard in Philadelphia; especially in connection with seedling peaches. In a note from Mr. Blodget he says of these : "I have just picked half-a-bushel, the last of the matchless Percivals; and my people have put up since Friday last, too quart and two-quart glass jars of the two Golden Clings. My crop altogether is larger than last year; and while the quality is excellent, the sizes are less regular. I shall lose several trees - fortunately not yet the Percivals or Golden Clings, although the last have broken very badly with the great crop."
 
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