60 SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



DIVISIOliT n. CLINGSTOKTES OE PAVIES. 



Class I. — Flesh Pale or Light-Colored. 



Section I.— Leaves serrated, without glands. 

 Section II. — Leaves crenate, with glohose glands. 

 Section III. — Leaves with reniform glands. 



Class II.— Flesh Deep Yellow. 



Section I. — Leaves serrate, without glands. 

 Section II.^Leaves with reniform glands. 



Class III. — Flesh Purplish Crimson. 

 Section I. — Glands reniform. 



THE ITECTAEIITE. 



P Persica, var. Nectarina. — The nectarine is a smooth 

 skinned peach. It originated from the peach by seed or bud 

 variation. It is interesting to know that nectarines often come 

 from seeds of peaches and that peaches come from the seeds of 

 nectarines. The name refers to its supposed nectar-like quali- 

 ties, but the fruit is usually inferior in quality to the peach, and 

 far inferior in size and appearance. N"ot much culitvated in 

 America. 



THE APEICOT PLTJM. 



P. Simonii, Carr. — Small, fastigiate tree from China, culti- 

 vated for its large, depressed, handsome, maroon-red smooth 

 fruits ; flowers pink-white, very short-stalked, borne singly or in 

 pairs before the leaves appear; leaves lance-oblong or lance 

 obovate, thick and firm, dull, conduplicate, closely serrate ; flesh 

 of the very firm fruit yellow, and clinging to the small spongy- 



