46 THE BOOK OF THE PEACH. 



The peaches and nectarines enumerated above are 

 given pretty nearly in the order in which the fruit 

 ripens out-of-doors against walls having south, south- 

 east, or south-west aspects. 



PEACH LEAVES. 



The leaves of some varieties of the peach and 

 nectarine have globular glands (see Fig. 9) ; others 



KIG. Q. J'KACH LEAF WITH GLOUULAR GLANDS. 



have kidney-shaped glands (see Fig. 10) ; while 

 others have no glands, and are whether owing to 



