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An accurate observer will distinguish other characters in 

 the glands ; they are either sessile or pedicellate ; but these 

 distinctions are too minute for application on the present 

 occasion. 



VARIETIES. 



CLASS I. includes Freestones, or peaches which part 

 freely from the stone. This class is divided into three 

 sections, according to the different periods of time in which 

 the fruit matures. 



CLASS II. includes the Pavies, or Clingstones, arranged 

 in some measure according to the order of their maturity. 



The epoch of the maturity of these fruits is calculated 

 for the climate of Boston ; but it was found impossible to 

 define this period with perfect accuracy, brought, as many 

 of them have been, from different latitudes ; the periods of 

 their maturity will sometimes vary a little from what I have 

 stated, in different seasons, and from various causes. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



S. denotes those leaves which are serrated, and having no glands. 

 R. denotes these leaves whose glands are reniform. 

 G. denotes those leaves which have globose glands. 

 L., as applied to the flowers, denotes that they are large. 

 M. denotes that those flowers to which it is applied are of medium size. 

 S., as applied to flowers, denotes that they are small. 

 p. denotes that the flowers to which it is applied are of a pale color. 

 r. red. 

 d. dark. 



I. 



FREESTONES; OR PEACHES WHICH PART FREELY 

 FROM THE STONE. 



SECTION I. 



Includes those Freestone Peaches which ripen early, or 

 during August, and previous to the Wth September. 



1. RED NUTMEG. 



AVANT PZCHE ROUGE of the French. 

 The growth of this tree is exceedingly slow, its habits 



