Show antiquity of the peach the peach is an improved variety of thee theca almond Imond the almond has a thin shell around the stone which splits open and exposes the stone when mature this outer skin has simply become fleshy in the peach so that is all that gives it its specific character it seems now clear from investigation in the history of ancient babylon that in their gardens now nearly ay four thousand years apo ago the peach was cul cultivated kivat then as it is now it must have hare been many years before this that hat t the peach was improved from the almond and this fact goes to show the great antiquity of the fruit |