Free-stone peaches are the best.

"And what message do you send him?" "None," said Miss Priscilla, laughing and shaking her head,"at least,you can tell him, if you wish,thatthe peaches are riper than ever they were this evening.

It is our business to be grateful for what a poet sets before us, rather than to be wishing that his peaches were nectarines, or his Falernian Champagne.

Azure is constant, and Peach is love; which signifies my constant Affection.

The peaches are to go to your lips, the bloom to your cheeks, and the gardener to your heart."

The peach and the grape are the two most precious of the gifts of Providence, in the way of fruits.

Of the stone-fruits, the ripe peach, the apricot, and nectarine, are the most wholesome; but cherries, from the stones being but too frequently swallowed, had better not be allowed.

In Philadelphia, peaches are 25 cents, (about a shilling) per bushel; pine-apples from the West Indies from 5 to 15 cents.