. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 2002. Dvvarl almonds (XVq). Primus nana at left; P. Japonica in middle: F. triloba at right. Nos. 37-39. Var. Ifflvis, Gray (Amygdalus Pirsiea nectur'ina, Ait. Persica Iwvis, DC. Primus Persica, var. nectu- r'ina, Ma-^tia.). Nectarine. Fig. 1464. Fruit smooth, usually smaller: Ivs. usually more strongly serrate
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 2002. Dvvarl almonds (XVq). Primus nana at left; P. Japonica in middle: F. triloba at right. Nos. 37-39. Var. Ifflvis, Gray (Amygdalus Pirsiea nectur'ina, Ait. Persica Iwvis, DC. Primus Persica, var. nectu- r'ina, Ma-^tia.). Nectarine. Fig. 1464. Fruit smooth, usually smaller: Ivs. usually more strongly serrate. The Nectarine has sprung from the Peach, both through seed and bud-variation. There are two types, as in the Peach: clingstones or brngnons (Persica Iwvis of Risso), and freestones (Persica violacea of Risso). The Nectarine is not generally cultivated in this coun- try, although it is popular in California. Var. platycdrpa, Bailey (Persica platycdrpa, De- caisne). Flat Peach, or Peen-to. Fig. 1660. Much flattened endwise, and scarcely thicker than the pit. Prom China. 1870-1:111. Trans. Lond. Hort. Soc. 4:512. âGrown in the southern states, where it has given rise to various globular Peaches. The Peen-to originated in 1869, with P. J. Berckmans, Augusta, Ga., from seeds sent from Australia, where it was probably introduced from China. 43. Savidifbiia, Franeh. (Persica Davidiclna, Carr. Primus Ph-sica, var. Oavididna, Dipp.). Fig. 2004. Slender, willow-like tree: Ivs. narrower and smaller than those of the Peach, tapering from near the base into very long points, very sharp-serrate, light green, willow-like: fls. appearing very early, 1 in. or more across, white or blush, solitary: fr. nearly globular, the suture prominent, about 1 in. in diameter, pubescent, grayish or yellowLsh: stone small and nearly spherical, ruminated, free from the whitish dry flesh. China. 1872, p. 75. 10: 503. Gt. 44:1412. III. 11: 529. Gn. 50, p. Somewhat grown as an orna-
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