AKBOKi: Tl'M AM) I- It UTICfl T .M. 



\\hich kind i- it-^elt nothing more than an improved or fleshy almond; the 



almond beini: to the peach and nectarine what the crab is to the apple, and 

 tin- -lot.- to the plum. To prove that the peach and the nectarine are essen- 

 tia'ls the same -pccics, we mas mention that fruits of both have been found on 

 tiit -ami- branch ; and a truit has been even discovered with the smooth surface 

 of' the nectarine on one side, and the downs skin of the peach on the other 

 ~'ule. ( See d\int. Man., vol. i. p. 171., vol. iv. p. .">;>., and our fig. .'$9(5.) 



Y 1.7'. vn.GA^Ris .M/'/. The common Peach Tree. 



. Ml!. Diet., Nn. 1 ; D.v. n. IV.. 4. p. -tsT. ; 1'roJ.. i>. p. 5 II. ; Don's Mill., i!. p. 48;!. 



v , , .;-i \.-.i.ulu- /Yrsica I. in. .V 1 '., 'ITT., I.tnn. Diet, I . p. !>!>. No. 1 'J') and i. 1 ^ 4'J ,Y0J- 



/V-/, : /'.'No. 1 Jtl. >:.}:, ; Pechc- ciiiveti.'ii>e, Fr. ; I'lir-clu-, (;<>: 

 . '/_". N. l)u Hani., l.-j s. ; N'oij. Jam. l-'ruit. Icon.; and the plate ol'this tree in our Second 



Vuh. 



I'ttriftifs. 



Y P. r. 1, the freestone common Peach, has the flesh of the fruit parting 



from the shell of the nut (the stone). Peche, Fr. 



\ P. r. >, the cliniistone common Peach, has the- flesh of the fruit ad- 

 hering to the shell of the nut (the stone). Pavie, Fr. 

 Y P. r. :>J/ore jilcno llort. The (Imtbh'-fluu'crlngrominon Peach. 



- P. r. 1 uHxi Lindl. The //'////r-flowering conn/ion Peach, Bot. Reg., 



t. l.;M>. " The white-blossomed .',!?7 



peach is a hardy ornamental shrub, 

 \\ith the habit of an almond. Its 

 fruit has little merit/ 1 (Lhullci/.) 

 The floss ers of this variety beini: 

 produced as early as those of the 

 common peach, their different co- 

 lour ssill contribute to the variets 

 of the shrubbery. 



T P. r. .') /'"//V.v rrtricL'titis llort. The 

 vanciiatcd-lcarcd Pencil Tree. 



* P. r <i comprcssa I lort., the Jlat Peach 



of China, (llort. Trans', iv. t. 19. : >f " : 

 and our fin. '397. )is chiefls remark- 

 able for the form of its fruit, and 

 for being nearly evergreen in its leaves. In the Horticultural So- 

 eietv's (iarden, against a wall, it keeps growing throughout the 

 \s inter, \\hen the weather is not too severe. (Encijc. of (lard , 

 ed. l^.'J.j, p. 9<K ) 



'i ~i. P. ( v. ) 1. 1; s is Dee. The smooth-ski n?icd Peach,"/' Xectanne Tree. 



l, t fitictilii/n. I)' c. 11. IV., 4. ]>. 4S7. 



s,,,. ,;,, , ./niN-.lalit- /YT>icu l.mti. Diet., 1. p. IK). No. 'Jl "7. ; -7. /Vrsica Ncctanna ////. Hort. 

 A, i/"., cd. .: vui .;. ]>. l!'l., .V"/.v. ./(-/n/. i'rint., p. S|t !H). No. 17 'J'J. ; 1'i'clie lissc, ]5rugiH)]i, Fr. 



I /I'juir./i^s. Noi.-. .lard, l-'ruit., t. 'JO. {. J', ;]., t. Jl. i'. :>, 4. 



l'ar/e//rx. There are two forms of this kind, 



Y P. ('') / \, the freestone Xectarinc, \sith the fruit parting from the nut. 



Peche lisse, /'/-. 

 , P. (r.) I. ->., the clinnstoiic Xectarinc, with the fh'sh adhering to the 



nut. Briignon, Fr. 



1), . <-ri}ilion, \c. The different varieties of peach and nectarine, when treated 

 ;i- -tandard trees in the open garden, assume the general form and character of 

 the a ' iuond ; but, as the v are more delicate, in consequence oi being farther re- 

 move ! from t IK ir ahoriiiin.il state, t lies are o( slower growth, form tree s of less 

 -\/c, and are of shorter duration. The nectarine, as a standard in the open 

 : a '(! en, forms a -mailer and more delicate tree than the peach ; and the double- 

 flowered peach i> of less vigorous growth than most of the single-flowered 



