Excerpt from The Cultivation of the Peach and the Pear: On the Delaware and Chesapeake Peninsula The Peach is closely allied to the Cherry, the Plum, the Apricot and the Almond, and, according to Prof. George Thurber, although usually called Amyga'alus Persz'ea now comes under the genus Prunus and will hereafter be likely referred to as Prunus Persz'ca. It originated in the East; Persia, or most probably China, and in this latter country has been cultivated for centuries. Darwin inclines to the view that the Peach is ...
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Excerpt from The Cultivation of the Peach and the Pear: On the Delaware and Chesapeake Peninsula The Peach is closely allied to the Cherry, the Plum, the Apricot and the Almond, and, according to Prof. George Thurber, although usually called Amyga'alus Persz'ea now comes under the genus Prunus and will hereafter be likely referred to as Prunus Persz'ca. It originated in the East; Persia, or most probably China, and in this latter country has been cultivated for centuries. Darwin inclines to the view that the Peach is derived from the Almond, giving his reasons pro and can, and Ithink his conclusions are the ones generally accepted at the present time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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