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panulate; fr. oblong or ovoidal compressed velvety-tomentose, 
subbivalve, gr. when rip e-,Jlesh thin subcoriaceous : nut oblong com- 
pressed even with narrow small fissures. — Desf. i. 393 ; Brot. ii. 
249 ; DC. ii. 530 ; Koch 227. — Tr. per. Mad. cult. reg. 1, 2 , c. In 
gardens and about cottages here and there chiefly to the W. of 
Funchal and below 2000 ft. FI. Feb., March ; fr. July, Aug. — 
Alow somewhat straggling standard- tr. 20-30 ft. high, whitened 
in early spring almost before any 1. appear with large snowy 
blossoms with a rose-purple eye. Fr. about an in. long, mostly 
splitting irregularly open longitudinally and exposing the nut, 
dry and juiceless, with the down adherent. Varr. : 
a. alba ; fl. snow-w. or pale blush, with often a pink eye. 
Varies with hard bony or soft spongy friable shells (Amendoas 
durazias ou mollares ), sweet or bitter seeds or kernels ( Amen- 
doas doces ou amargas ), and single or double fl. 
(3. rosea ; fl. pink or rose-colour. Subvarr. as in a. 
ff f 2. A. Pehsica L. Pecego ; the tr. Pecegueiro. 
L. smooth elliptic-lanceolate serrulate ; fl. mostly solitary ; 
fr. globose with a lateral groove, velvety-pubescent or smooth, 
indehiscent, y., P pale gr., or blush when ripe, mostly bright red on 
one side ; flesh thick juicy; nut ovoidal rough with deep winding 
grooves and pits. — Desf. i. 392 ; Brot. ii. 249. Persica vulgaris 
Mill., Koch 227. P. ndgaris and P. Icevis DC. ii. 531. — Tr. per. 
Mad. cult, r eg. 1, 2, ccc. Gardens, vineyards, &c., everywhere, 
occasionally growing spontaneously. Fl. Dec.-March ; fr. July- 
Sept. — A standard-tr. 20^40 ft. high, the deep pink or rose- 
coloured fl. appearing before the old 1. have fallen, and long 
before the budding of the new 1. L. more shortly stalked than 
in the Almond ( A . communis L.). Kernels of fr. bitter, Varr. : 
a. Fr. velvety-pubescent. Peach. Pecego. Persica vulgaris , 
a, /3. DC. 1. c. 
Varies, 1) with soft melting flesh separating from the stone 
(Engl. Freestones ; Port. P. mollares), and these again with 
mostly w. rarely y. flesh (P mollares brancos e amarellos ) : 
2) with hard crisp flesh closely adhering to the stone (Engl. 
Cling-stones or Pavies ; Port. P. durazios ) which are also with 
w. or more commonly y. flesh (P. durazios brancos ou amarellos). 
The Peaches about Funchal (chiefly hard Clingstones) are 
generally very bad, and much infested with the larvae of various 
Diptet'a. The best of both sorts come from the westward or 
north, e. g. Campanario, Calheta, Arco de Callieta, Fajaa 
d’Ovelha, &c., or from S ta Anna, S. Jorge, Fayal, &c. 
/3. Fr. bald smooth. Nectarine. Pecego calvo. Persica Icevis 
a, (3, DC. 1. C. 
