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which kind is itself nothing more than an improved or fleshy almond; the 
almond being to the peach and nectarine what the crab is to the apple, and 
the sloe to the plum. To prove that the peach and the nectarine are essen- 
tially the same species, we may mention that fruits of both have been found on 
the same branch; anda fruit has been even discovered with the smooth surface 
of the nectarine on one side, and the downy skin of the peach on the other 
side. (See Gard. Mag., vol. i. p. 471., vol. iv. p. 53., and our fig. 396.) 
¥ 1. P. vucea‘ris Mill. The common Peach Tree. 
Identification. Mill. Dict., No. 1.; Dec. Fl. Fr., 4. p. 487. ; Prod., 2. p. 531. ; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 483. 
Synonymes. Am¥gdalus Pérsica Lin. Sp., 677., Lam. Dict., 1. p. 99. No.1 —20. and 28—42., Noz- 
sette Jard. Fruit., No. 1—16. 22—35.; Peche duveteuse, Fr.; Pfirsche, Ger. 
Ean. N. Du Ham., 1. 2—8. ; Nois. Jard. Fruit. Icon.; and the plate of this tree in our Second 
olume. 
Varieties. 
¥ P.v. 1, the freestone common Peach, has the flesh of the fruit parting 
from the shell of the nut (the stone). Péche, Fr. 
¥ P.v. 2, the clingstone common Peach, has the flesh of the fruit ad- 
hering to the shell of the nut (the stone). Pavie, Fr. 
¥ P.v. 3 flore pléno Hort. The double-flowering common Peach. 
2 P.v. 4 alba Lindl. The white-flowering common Peach, Bot. Reg., 
t. 1586. —“ The white-blossomed 397 
peach is a hardy ornamental shrub, 
with the habit of an almond. _ Its 
fruit has little merit.” (Lindley.) 
The flowers of this variety being 
produced as early as those of the 
common peach, their different co- 
lour will contribute to the variety 
of the shrubbery. 
¥ P. v. 5 foliis variegdtis Hort. The 
variegated-leaved Peach Tree. 
x P.v. 6 compréssa Hort., the flat Peach 
of China, (Hort. Trans., iv. t. 19. 
and our fig. 397.) is chiefly remark- 
able for the form of its fruit, and 
for being nearly evergreen in its leaves. In the Horticultural So- 
ciety’s Garden, against a wall, it keeps growing throughout the 
winter, when the weather is not too severe. (Encyc. of Gard., 
ed. 1835, p. 908.) 
¥ 2. P.(v.) Levis Dec. The smooth-skinned Peach, or Nectarine Tree. 
Identification. Dec. Fl. Fr., 4. p. 487. 
Synonymes. Amygdalus Pérsica Lam. Dict., 1. p. 100. No. 21—927.; A. Pérsica Nectarina Azt. Hort. 
Kew., ed. 2. vol. 3. p. 194., Nots. Jard. Fruit., p. 89—90. No. 17—22.; Péche lisse, Brugnon, Fr. 
Engravings. Nois, Jard. Fruit., t. 20. f. 2, 3., t. 21. f. 3, 4 
Varieties. There are two forms of this kind, — 
+ P. (v.) 1. 1, the freestone Nectarine, with the fruit parting from the nut. 
Péche lisse, /’r. 
+ P. (v.) /. 2, the clingstone Nectarine, with the flesh adhering to the 
nut. Brugnon, F°. 

Description, §c. The different varieties of peach and nectarine, when treated 
as standard trees in the open garden, assume the general form and character of 
the almond; but, as they are more delicate, in consequence of being farther re- 
moved from their aboriginal state, they are of slower growth, form trees of less 
size, and are of shorter duration. The nectarine, as a standard in the open 
garden, forms a smaller and more delicate tree than the peach ; and the double- 
flowered peach is of less vigorous growth than most of the single-flowered 
varieties. 
Geography, History, §c. |The peach is generally considered to be a native 
of Persia, in which country it is common, both wild and in a state of culti- 
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