NEWHALL'S EARLY.--Bright-orange color, with deep-red cheek. A good cling-stone variety, every way worthy of cultivation. MOORPARK.--Yellow, with ruddy cheek. An enormous bearer, though of slow growth. It is a freestone variety of English origin, and needing a little protection in our colder latitudes. DUBOIS' EARLY GOLDEN.--Color, pale-orange. Very hardy and productive. In 1846, the original tree at Fishkill, N. Y., bore ninety dollars' worth of fruit. LARGE EARLY.--Orange, but red in the sun. An excellent, early, productive variety. HEMSKIRKE.--Bright-orange, with red cheek. An English variety, vigorous tree, and good bearer. PEACH.--Yellow, with deep-brown on the sun-side. An excellent French variety. BREDA.--Deep-orange, with blush spots in the sun. A vigorous, productive, African variety. ROMAN.--Pale-yellow, with occasionally red dots. Good for northern latitudes. From these, planters may select those that best suit their localities and fancy. They are a little liable to be frost-bitten in the blossoms, as they bloom very early. Otherwise they are always very productive. They are ornamental, both in the leaf and in the blossom. Eaten plain, before thoroughly ripe, they are not healthy; otherwise, harmless and delicious. Every garden should have half a dozen. ARTICHOKE. There are two plants known by this name. The Jerusalem artichoke, so called, not from Jerusalem in Palestine, but a corruption of the Italian name which signifies the tuber-rooted sunflower. The tubers are only used for pickling. They make a very indigestible pickle, and the plant is injurious to the garden, so they had better not be raised. The artichoke proper grows something like a thistle, bearing certain heads, that, at a particular stage of their growth, are fine for food. The soil should be prepared as for asparagus, only fifteen inches deep will do well. The plot of ground should be where the water will not stand on it at any time in the winter, as it will on most level gardens. This will kill the roots. When a new bed is made with slips from old plants, carefully separate vigorous shoots, remove superfluous leaves, plant five inches deep in rows five feet apart, and two feet apart in the rows. Keep very clean of weeds. The first year, some pretty good, though not full-sized heads will be produced. Plant fresh beds each year, and you will have good heads from July to November. Small heads will grow out along the stalk like the sunflower. Remove most of these small ones when they are about the size of hens' eggs, and the others will grow large. When the scales begin to diverge, but before the blossoms come out, is the time to cut them for use. Lay brush over them to prevent suffocation, and cover with straw in winter, to protect from severest cold. Too much warmth, however, is more injurious than frost.