XV. NECTARINES. 



The Leaves, Flowers, and Adhesiveness of the flesh to the stone, 

 afford the most certain and permanently distinguishing cha- 

 racters among Nectarines, as well as Peaches. The Leaves are 

 either serrated, without glands ; crenated, with globose glands ; 

 or crenated, with reniform glands. The Flowers are either large 

 or small. The Flesh either firmly adhering to the stone, or part- 

 ing readily from it, constituting the divisions of clingstone and 

 melting Nectarines. A classification founded on such cha- 

 racters has proved of great utility in the investigation of these 

 Fruits. By attending to them all the greatest errors may be 

 easily detected, and a Newington or Violette Hative will not, 

 indifferently, find currency for a Roman. A somewhat roundish 

 form being applicable to all Nectarines the column for such has 

 been dispensed with. The abbreviations are as follow ; 



Leaves. S. serrated without glands ; G. having globose glands ; R. with reniform 

 glands. 



Flowers. L. large ; S. small. 



Flesh. C. clingstone, the flesh every where firmly adhering ; M. melting, the flesh 

 separating from the stone. 



Colour, b. brownish ; d. dark ; p, pale ; g. greenish ; o. orange ; r. red ; w. whitish ; 

 y. yellow. 



Size. 1. large; 2. middle-sized ; 3. small. 



Quality. 1. first-rate; 2. second or indifferent. 



Season, b. beginning ; m. middle ; e. end of the months to which they are prefixed. 



