CLASSIFICATION. 207 



The names given to some of the English Peaches and 

 Nectarines are so directly at variance with the classification 

 of DuHAMEL,* which, as far as it goes, is unobjectionable, 

 that I cannot avoid observing on them, lest it should be 

 supposed that I acquiesce in so incorrect a nomenclature. 

 The classes of Dun am el are four. The fir'st are called 

 Peches, being those with downy skins, the flesh separating 

 from the stone. The second are called Pavies, being those 

 with downy skins, the flesh adhering to the stone. The 

 third are called Peches violettes, being those with smooth 

 skins, the flesh separating from the stone. The fourth are 

 called Brugnons^ being those with smooth skins, the flesh 

 adhering to the stone. The two last classes include those 

 fruits which we call Nectarines. The names, therefore, 

 which the English gardeners have applied, such as Violet 

 Hative-f- to a Peach, and Brugnon to a melting Nectarine, 

 are absolutely improper. 



A LIST OF PEACHES AND NECTARINES. 



ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE PLAN ABOVE PROPOSED. 



(The numbers refer to the numbers in the list.) 



Class I. Division 1. Subdivision 1. Section 1. 



Serrated glandless leaves.. Large flowers. 



peaches, pavies. 



1. Almond Peach. Hort. Trans. 



57. Old Newington. Miller.^ 



58. Pavie Madeleine. Duhamel. 

 60. Smith's Newington. Miller. 



* Traite des Arbres Fruitiers, par Duhamel, vol. ii. p. 4. 



t Miller, in his Dictionary, has fallen into an error in describing h'lnLisle Pe aeh 

 he Bays the French call it La Petite VioleUe Hative, which cannot be correct. 



