. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. 270 THE PEACH. English) is the most natural and well understood; next, the distinc- tion by means of what are termed glands on the leaves, as also the indentations or irregular edge of the leaf termed creneate, serrated, and coarsely serrated ; and last the distinction by means of the flow- ers, as large or small. This last is open only to examination a short period, and therefore is not used except by the careful amateur po- mologist, or correct nurseryman. The accompanying figures are illustrative : Figure 1, the ser rated wi
. Elliott's fruit book;. Fruit-culture; Fruit. [from old catalog]. 270 THE PEACH. English) is the most natural and well understood; next, the distinc- tion by means of what are termed glands on the leaves, as also the indentations or irregular edge of the leaf termed creneate, serrated, and coarsely serrated ; and last the distinction by means of the flow- ers, as large or small. This last is open only to examination a short period, and therefore is not used except by the careful amateur po- mologist, or correct nurseryman. The accompanying figures are illustrative : Figure 1, the ser rated without glands; figure 2,coarsely ser- rated, and with glo- bose glands; figure 3, creneate and with reniform or kidney shaped glands. "The form of the glands," observes Lindley, " as well as their po- sition, is perfectly distinct ; they are fully developed in the month of May, and continue to the last permanent in their char- acter, and are not affected by cultivation. The globose glands are situated, one, two, or more, on the foot stalks, and one, two, or more, on the tips or points of the serratures of the leaves. The reniform glands grow also on the footstalks of the leaves, but those on the leaves are placed within the serratures, connecting, as it were, the upper and lower teeth of the serratures together; their leaves, when taken from a branch of vigorous growth, have more glands than the leaves of the globose varieties. It will, however, sometimes happen, that glands are not discernable on some of the leaves, especially on those produced from weak branches; in this case, other branches must be sought for which do produce ; Lindley, as well as most wri- ters since, have rendered these classes, with sub-classes or divisions, founded mainly on the structure of the leaves, but we have prefer- red, in this fruit as well as others, to embody the distinction in the text descriptive of a variety, and confine ourself to the practical every day wanted divi
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