Apricot Growing in Western New York. 



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stem, pubescent or fuzzy even at maturit}-, dull dark purple, the 

 sourish soft flesh clinging to the plum-like fuzz}^ stone. Tree 

 round-headed, with much the habit of the common apricot, with 



5. Purple Apricot ( Primus dasycarpa ). Natural size. 



leaves ovate and more or less tapering at both ends, thin, dull 

 green, on slender and pubescent mostly glandless stalks, finely 

 a ppressed -serrate, and hairy on the veins below. Flowers lar^e 



