"B.," Colora, Md., writes : "I send you a few lines on two subjects that may be of interest; if not, they need not be noticed. One is a Seedling Purple Peach - so I take it - growing by a roadside. The color is as dark as the one that has been propagated by buds for several years, and this has the vigor of a seedling that the old one now has not. Is there any value in these as ornamental trees that will make them worth propagating now? I have not customers for many but it may be of use to others in the trade."

[The original purple-leaved peach, which was found on the battle-field of Fort Donelson, has the most worthless clingstone fruit a peach could possibly have. Its sole value lies in its purple leaves. A variety which would also have good fruit would possess a double value, and it would be worth while to see what another purple seedling would do. - Ed. G. M.]