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known as Acme, under which name it was introduced in 1890* 

 by the G. J. Carpenter Co. Professor Budd writes me that "it 

 endures drouth better than anything in the stone-fruit Hne on our 

 grounds." 



There appears to be some confusion amongst the varieties of 

 Russian apricots, and 1 am not sure that the same name always 

 represents one variety. G. J. Carpenter writes me that when they 

 " first sent out these varieties, Budd had proved the earUest of 

 any, followed closely by Catherine;" but with us Catherine is 

 the earliest variety, followed closely by Budd. Alexis, which 

 Mr. Carpenter considers to be the "largest and most valuable " of 

 the Russians, I have not grown. The other varieties now oflfered 

 by nurserymen have borne with us, and the following notes were 

 taken in the field upon August 3, 1893 : 



Catherine, Fig. 7. — Early, fit to ship July 26, now all soft and 

 ready to eat from the tree. Fruit small, slightly oblong-globular, 

 deep rich orange, with a dull red cheek in the sun, rather dry in 

 flesh and of indifferent quality, even for a Russian, and possessing 

 three or four woody strings running along the angles or ventral 

 side of the pit, which remain in the flesh and greatly detract from 

 its value. Freestone. Average fruits measure three and one-half 

 inches in transverse girth, and two to three of them weigh an 

 ounce. 



Budd, Fig. 7. — About the same as Catherine in season, or pos- 

 sibly a day later, oblong in shape, light orange in color, with only 

 a very faint blush, if any. Flesh moderately juicy, with a sweet, 

 peach flavor. Varies from cling to half cling. Evidently one of 

 the best in quality of the Ru.ssians, but too small for market. 

 Ripe with Early Golden , or only a day or two ahead of it. 



Nicholas. — Some trees ripen with Budd, and others a week or 

 ten days later. Fruit larger and fairer than Budd, oblong and 

 more or less flattened. Flesh juicy and sweet, the pit free. There 

 are evidently two kinds of this variety in our orchard, although 

 the trees were all procured at the same time, from one nursery- 

 man. The later trees bear larger fruit than the others, with a 



Annals Hort. 1890, 156. 



