AMYGDALACEiE. III. Armeniaca. 



495 



Culture, &c. This is in all respects the same as for the peach, masculine (Hort. soc. cat. no. 8,), abricot blanc (Duham. arb. fr. 

 ""■''" ' ^^ ' ^^ * '' ^' ^' l.p. 134.), abricot piche (Mayer, pom. fr. 1. p. 30, &c.), rvhite 



Algiers of some gardens. The chief recommendation of this and 



^'wooM-fruited Peach or Nectarine. Fl. April, May. Tree 



10 to 15 feet. 



III. ARMENPACA (so called from the apricot being origi- 

 nally from Armenia). Tourn. inst. t. ddd. Juss. gen. 341. D. C. 

 fl.fr. 4. p, 485. prod. 2. p. 531. — Prunus species of Lin. and 

 otliers. 



Lm. svsT. Icosandria^ Monogynia. Drupe ovate-globose, 

 fleshy, covered with a velvety skin, containing a nut or stone, 

 which is acute at one end, and blunt at the other, with a furrow 

 on both sides; the rest smooth, not wrinkled. — Small trees. 



the former kind is their early time of ripening. 



« « 



Fruit large 



f Channel of the stone closed up. 



J Flesh parting from the stone* 



S Large early apricot (Hort. trans. 2. ser. l.p. G^^, Hort. soc. 

 cat. no. 47. Pom. mag. t. 14f2.\ abricot gros precoce, and abricot 



Leaves when young convolute. Flowers nsmg before the leaves ^^ j^^^ ^j^^^ ^^^^ ^|^.^^^ ^^ ;^^^ j^^^^ ^ \^ Languedoc, a6ri- 

 from scaly buds, soitary or few together, almost sessi e. ^^^ ) d^Alexandrie in Provence, die grossc fruhe apricose, 



1 A. VULGARIS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 2.) flowers sessile ; leaves (^'±^^, f.„f«^li. 19 f ^9^ l......Ur.^ \.r^J ^..\ fLor;J 



ovate or cordate, glabrous. 



^ . H. Native of Armenia. Pru- 



Malus Armeniaca of the an- 



nus Armeniaca, Lin. spec. 679. 



cients, Abricot of the French, Abricosenbaum of the Germans, 



^d ^%cocco of the Italians The apricot \s alow tree, of ;;;Ty\;TCr.peZg Tou^ThTmS rfTu'l/. 

 rather crooked growth, with broad, roundish, cordate or ovate, j ^ l ^ j 



(Sickler, teutsche 12. t. 12.) Leaves large, broad, oval, tapering 

 to the petiole. Fruit large, oblong, the back nearly straight. 

 Skin downy, bright orange, red next the sun, pale orange on the 

 other side. Flesh orange-coloured, juicy, rich. An excellent 



4 Roman apricot (Langl. pom. p. 89. t. 15. f. 4. Pom. mag. 



glandularly-serrated leaves. The flowers are white, tinged ^_ ^^ ^^^^^ ^f^„^^ ^) ^^^-^\ ^ 61.),' Roman or common (Switzer, 



!. fl ^ '1 ^^ ^'"'' y''""'^' ^^""""^ ^°^^ T^'"" ^"^ ""''': fruit, gard. p. 100.), common (Forsyth), abricot commun (Duham. 

 In :r,; t'l S rf.!^^.r^!.,?l^^^^^V:!".^l^!!"^^ LIT!^^ -br. fr. l. J,. 135. t. 2. Nois. jard. fr. p. 2. t. 1.), gemeineapri- 



compressed stone, like that of the plum. Tlie flowers appear in 

 Apnl on the shoots of the preceding year, and on spurs of two 

 or more years old, and the fruit ripens in September. It is sup- 



cose (Kraft, pom. austr. l.p. 31. &c.), grosse gemeine apricose 

 (Mayer, pom. fr. 1. p. 31. t. 3.), Brussels apricot and Turkey 

 apricot of some collections. Leaves broad, cordate. Fruit mid- 



E ; ^'^^^f Vg'"^t^d m Armenia, but Regn.er and Sick er df^.^j^ed, dull straw-coloured, with a little dotting on the sunny 



S ; .' f ^^^''r? the Niger and the Atlas ; and Pallas ^-^ ^^ ^„ ^ ^^^ -^^^-^ ,^ ^^^1^ Pl^^j°^f. ^ j^^„ ^ 



S! M .' \"^^'''^ ^/ -^'^ '''^''^' i ^-'u P^"^,^^"'' ^^^ ""°'""- straw-colour, soft, soon becoming mealy, and requiring ti be 



rZ^'l I u P ^'"^ '''^"'^'^^ "^'^^ '^' }^ ^PPf r /T eaten rather before its maturity. This sort bears abundantly, 



urner s herbal that the apricot was procured out of Italy by ^^^ ^j ^^^^^ ^^^ beginning of August ; but it is more fit for 



^ZL, ^ u P"?*' S^'*!^^"^'*, t? ^^"^y ^"l.- ^The fruit preserving than for the dessert, the juice being much less highly 



ppear to have been known in Italy in the time of D.oscorules S,^^ured^han that of many sorts. ' ^ 



ilTlr.^- "f "f of ^r^cocm, probably as Regnier supposes from 5 Blotched-leaved Roman apricot (Hort. trans. 2. ser. 1 . p.G3.), 



e ivrabic berkoch, whence the Tuscan bacoche or albjcocco, and notched Turkey, variegated Turkey, striped Turkey (Hort. soc. 



wL fi^f- ''^'"'^^^/' °/,^^ professor Martin observes, a tree, ^.^^^ „^_ g?.), 7««f«/e of the French, abricotier a feuilles pana- 



fruit !l ""^ ' '"'g^t^a^e ^een called a praecox or early ^j^^^^ (Duham. arb. fr. 1. p. 145.). abricot commun a feuilles 



'ruit, and gardeners taking the article a for the first syllable of 

 "6 word, might easily have corrupted it to apricocks. The 



whography seems to have been finally changed to apricot about 



Vv ^^ ^^^ ^^^^ century, as Justice in 1764 writes apricock, 

 and Kyle and Moredun in 1782 apricot. 



Use. The fruit is used in a raw state at the dessert, and is 



eemed next to the peach and nectarine ; it is also made into 

 areTll^t' jellies, and preserves. Grossier says, that lozenges ^j^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ the moorpark, rather oval, of a dull yellow colour, 

 solved h! ^ C^^iese from the clarified juice, which, dis- ^y .. coloured with red in a small space. Flesh pale orange, 

 extrarf!J? \y "^ ^ cool refreshmg beverage ; od maybe very firm, juicy, sweet, and high flavoured, with a slight degree 

 nn " "^ ^^T ^'^^ ""*' and the young shoots yield a fine golden ^faciditv. This is a verv valuable sort, and rinens about 10 



panachees de Jaune (Noisett. jard. fr. p. 2.), abricot bunte oder 

 gefleckte apricose^ (Mayer, pom. fr. 1. p. 34, t. 4.) Leaves 

 blotched with a pale yellow or golden colour. Fruit much like 

 that of the Roman or common apricot, 



6 Royal apricot (Pom. mag. 1. t. 2. Hort. trans. 2. ser. 1. p. 

 63. )» abricot royale, (Bon. jard. 1827. p. 288. Nois. man. 2. p. 

 490.) Leaves large, roundish cordate or ovate. Fruit about the 



^^nnamon colour to wool. 



^^^^^^^^(^s. Parkinson in 1629 enumerates six; Rea in 1720 

 ^'en; the Luxembourg garden catalogue in 1800 fifteen; but 

 e catalogue published by the Horticultural Society in the pre- 



"^"^^ year enumerates 41. 



They are as follow : 



I. Kernels bitter. 

 Fruit smally round, early. Flowers small. 



of acidity. This is a very valuable sort, and ripens about 10 

 days sooner than the moorpark, 



7 Brussels apricot, (Hort. trans. 2. ser. 1. p. 64.) Fruit oval, 

 compressed, of a pale orange colour, acquiring a brown tinge, 

 with deep blood red specks next the sun. The flesh is juicy, 

 rather crisp, and the fruit is most excellent for preserving. 



8 Shipley sa}nicot{\\oxi, soc. cat. no. 24. trans. 2. ser.l.p.64.) 

 Blenheim, Shipley s large, Miss Shipley's, of various collections. 

 A fine looking fruit, very like the Roman, but larger, oval, com- 



»,,,^u^, f t/»/ct^, ou#L^. * .-v,^*..« « ^ jjj^e looKing iruu, very iikc ine noman, out larger, ovai, coni- 



j, ^^d masculine apricot (YoYsyth, treat, p. 2.), early red mas- pressed. Skin clear, yellow, minutely speckled with brown. 

 "* (Hort, soc. cat. no. 9.\ brown masculine of some collec- Flesh of a very bright deep orange, juicy, with a pleasant sweet- 



ap 



fruhe mus~ 



hatif 



hatif 



juicv '^A^' ^^'" *^"^^' ^^"^y yellow. Jflesn paie yeuow 

 'ent fr*" *®"^^'"» parting from the stone. An early and excel 



fnnc 



. 2. ser. 1. p. 59.), early white 



ish acid flavour, without much scent. The fruit is rather more 

 downy than the Roman, which it resembles. It ripens about the 



last week in July. 



9 Almond apricot (Hort. trans. 2. ser. 1. p. 65.), abricot aman- 

 dier, (Hort. soc. cat. no. 34.) In form like the Roman. Skin 

 pale straw coloured, blotched with pinkish spots next the sun. 

 Flesh pale yellow, dry, with very little flavour. This sort has 

 little or no merit. It ripens about the end of July. 



