. . (A) = J!< C a, <« J. FRUITS, NUTS, ETC. 153 a variety and closely related to the peach and the plum, theapricot, and the cherry. The tree itself, when bearing its beautiful rose-colored,five-petaled flowers, is highly ornamental. It seldom growshigher than twenty feet and its branches form a symmetricaltop. One very ornamental variety produces double flowersand bright, shining leaves, but no fruit. This valuable plant is generally placed in the familyRosacece, which includes many species of economic and orna-mental importan
. . (A) = J!< C a, <« J. FRUITS, NUTS, ETC. 153 a variety and closely related to the peach and the plum, theapricot, and the cherry. The tree itself, when bearing its beautiful rose-colored,five-petaled flowers, is highly ornamental. It seldom growshigher than twenty feet and its branches form a symmetricaltop. One very ornamental variety produces double flowersand bright, shining leaves, but no fruit. This valuable plant is generally placed in the familyRosacece, which includes many species of economic and orna-mental importance. Besides those already mentioned, herebelong the rose, the strawberry, the raspberrj-, the black-berry, the apple, the pear, and the quince, as well as manybeautiful wild forms. The thousand or more species usually classed in thisfamily may be readily separated into distinct groups, towhich are given distinct family names by some , the peach, the cherry, the plum, and the almond,which resemble each other in regard to the structure of theirfruits and in their chemical
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