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smooth, the fleshy and were _Dalp adherent or separable from the 
ragosely furrowed nut. Sma Leaves lanceolate, serrate, condu- 
plieate in in vernation. Flowers subonedte. solitary or in pairs, preceding 
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1. P. vorear’ts, Mill. Fruit oe tomentose, 
Common Perstca. Peach. Peach-tree. 
Fr. Le Pécher. Germ. Der Piretenision Span. El Melocotén. 
Stem , - petiotes half 
long, pston eke ae pecorino hems Decnane pipe af. : Sockieies Baa. or purplish. Pe r 
with the flesh whit te velo or reddish, either — to the nut, and then called Cling- 
stone, or separable from it—when it is terme a Piss. sto) 
Cultiy ated. Native of Persia, Fl. April Aug. Honk: 
Obs. The fruit of this tree, like . of soon yoo have had the 
advantage of long and careful culture, pres umerous Meee 
the best ee Sopire have es perpetuated under itinotn ese by the 
serym as “George the 4th,” “ Morr hite. These 
kinds, i%y rants of which is rather formidable, will be found ‘aescetbed 
in standard works upon Horticulture, ae in fruit growers’ emt 
Although the ioe short-lived, its culture is managed with great spirit 
and success in the Middle St a particu oalatty 4 in Maryland, Delaware, 
and New Jersey ; and latterly, with the facilities aie by steamers, 
far 
giao oved varieties are serrated by raising 
x sonia stocks from the seeds, and inserting upon them the buds or scious 
of the desirable kinds. 
process, for changing the character of seedling trees, is alluded 
to by the great English Bard with his usual felicity : 
a YOu marr 
A gen! i the wil lest st pihoct 
make conceive a bark of baser "kind, 
By bud of oa : This is an art 
Which does mend natu ure—change it rather ; but 
The art itself is nature.’’— Winter’s Tale, Act. 4. 
Var. um’yis. Fruit smooth. 
Nectarine. 
e Nectarine, which was ee considered as @ distinct eo 
fs now regarded a as only a very mar ef farey of te Peach rom heh 
it differs only in its smooth fruit, Stich presents the same varieties of — 
cling-stone and free-stone. Cases are recorded, in which the same tree has - 
ed both Peaches and Nectarine es. 
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The Almond (Amygdalus communis, L., whi = nearly related wo 
the Peach—except, that the drupe is dry an fibre instead ae 
seed is the eatable poet oF ye I believe, been 
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much cultivated within the U. States: but it may probably be success- 
fully introduced into ho Horii, and perhaps some other southern States, it 
in Pennsyl fates 
A dw # variety, sith te flowers all double and sterile, is well known 
