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Skin, pale green, and covered with a thick down. Stone, very hard and 

 thick, furrowed like that of a peach. Kernel, sweet, and terminated by 

 a sharp point. It ripens in the end of August. The flowers are always 

 produced before the leaves, and are very pale, nearly white. 



Commune. See Common Sweet. 



Damen. See Tender- Shelled. 



Des Dames. See Tender-Shelled. 



Douce. See Common Sweet. 



Douce a Coque Dur. See Large Fruited Sweet. 



Douce a la Peau Molle. See Tender- Shelled. 



Doux a Coque Tendre. See Tender- Shelled. 



Gemeine Hartschalige. See Common Sweet. 



Grosse Siisse. See Large Fruited Sweet. 



Jordan. See Tender- Shelled. 



Kleine Siisse. See Common Sweet. 



Kleine Siisse Krachmandel. See Sultana. 



Ladies' Thin-shell. See Tender -Shelled. 



LAKGE FRUITED SWEET (Sweet ; Long Hard-shell ; A Gros 

 Fruit; Douce d Coque Dur; Grosse Siisse). Fruit, large, about two 

 inches long, and an inch and a quarter broad, terminated at the point 

 by a nipple, and marked on one side with a deep suture, and covered 

 with a pretty thick down. Stalk, thick and short, placed on one side 

 of the base, and inserted in a deep and furrowed cavity. Stone, thick 

 and hard. Kernel, large, about an inch and a half long, sweet, and of 

 an excellent flavour. It ripens in the beginning of October. 



Long Hard-shell. See Large Fruited Sweet. 



PEACH (Peche). This, which is of no real value, is singular from 

 being a hybrid between the almond and the peach, and possessing a 

 great deal of the character of both parents. It is covered with a very 

 thick and fleshy rind, which is charged with a bitter acid ; but in some 

 parts of France it acquires in warm seasons considerable succulence 

 and flavour ; even in the neighbourhood of Paris it attains as great 

 perfection as the Peches de vigne. The shell is very hard and thick, 

 as much so as that of the peach. Kernel, large, long, and pointed, 

 yellowish-white, and with a half-sweet, half-bitter flavour. It ripens in 

 the end of October. 



This is a very old variety, being mentioned by Camerarius, Gesner, Matthiolus, 

 end John and Caspar Bauhin, under the names of Amygdalo-Persicus, Persica 

 Amygdaloides, &c., Ac. 



PISTACHE (Pistachia Sweet ; Pistazien Mandel). Fruit, small, less 

 so than the Sultana, about an inch and a quarter long, terminating in 



