. The American fruit culturist. Fig. 631. Fig. 632. Fig. Glands of Peach Leaves. 476 THE PEACH. and lower teeth of the serratures together; their leaves, whentaken from a branch of a vigorous growth, have more glandsthan the leaves of the globose varieties. It will, however,sometimes happen that glands are not discernible on some of the leaves, especially onthose produced on weakbranches; in this case, otherbranches must be soughtfor which do produce The sections thus form-ed are each divided into twosubsections; the first embrac-ing those which have largeflowers, as in Fig. 634; and t
. The American fruit culturist. Fig. 631. Fig. 632. Fig. Glands of Peach Leaves. 476 THE PEACH. and lower teeth of the serratures together; their leaves, whentaken from a branch of a vigorous growth, have more glandsthan the leaves of the globose varieties. It will, however,sometimes happen that glands are not discernible on some of the leaves, especially onthose produced on weakbranches; in this case, otherbranches must be soughtfor which do produce The sections thus form-ed are each divided into twosubsections; the first embrac-ing those which have largeflowers, as in Fig. 634; and the second including such as bearsmall flowers. Fig. 635. The sub-sections are in most casesdistinctly marked; but a few doubtful intermediate flowersmay be immediately referred to one or the other by thecolor of the petals, the smaller being reddish or pink, and thelarger nearly white, or with light margins. In the followingrevision, the leaf characters of some varieties have not Fig. 634. Fig. 635. Large and Small Flowers of the Peach. DIVISION I.—FREESTONES OR MELTERS. Class I. Flesh Pale or Light-Colored. Section I, Leaves serrated, without glands. Belle de Vitry. (Admirable Tardive.) Size medium, approachingoblate ; apex depressed, suture deep; skin nearly white, tingedand marbled with bright and dull red ; flesh rather firm, red atthe stone, juicy, and rich. Flowers small. Quite late, or last ofSeptember. This is quite distinct from the Late Admirable, whichripens two weeks earlier; and from the Early Admirable, oftenknown by the name of Belle de Vitry, and which ripens six weeksearlier. Both of the latter have crenate leaves with globoseglands. Double Mountain. (Double Montagne.) Medium in size, roundish,narrow at apex; surface pale greenish-white, ^yith a slight softred cheek, marbled darker; flesh white to the stone, delicate;stone ovate and rugged. Flowers small. Ripens at the end ofsummer. French. Early Anne. (Green Nutmeg.) Rather small, round; su
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