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Productiveness. 

 The Russian apricots have given as large or larger yields than the 

 common apricots so far as tested here. The following is a statement 

 of the yield of the surviving trees in 1895 when they bore their 

 first crop. Some of the trees have borne a few fruits in previous , 

 years and five pounds were borne by Early Moorpark in 1893. 



NAME. 



Common Apricots. 

 Early Moorpark 

 Large Early .... 

 Shipleys 



Russian Apricots. 



Alexander 



Budd 



Catharine 



Gibb 



Golden Russian 

 Golden Russian 



Yield in pounds 

 in 1895. 



15 



10 







45 

 20 

 20 

 10 

 45 

 30 



None of the Russian apricots that we have tested compare favora- 

 bly with the common apricots either in appearance or quality. They 

 generally rank from small to medium in size. In habit of growth 

 the trees are much like the common kinds, but the leaves are nar- 

 rower, as may be seen by comparing plates II and III with plate lY. 

 Should they prove hardier than the common apricots they will be 

 desirable for home use in localities where better kinds do not thrive, 

 for they ripen before the early peaches and give a pleasing variety 

 to the list of mid-summer fruits. It is not to be expected, however, 

 that they will ever be of much commercial value. 



The best in quality of the kinds fruited here in 1895 is the Gibb, 

 but, as shown above, the tree bore alight crop and on this account it 

 may have developed finer fruit than it would have done had the 

 tree borne as heavy a crop as did the others. Descriptions of the 

 apricots that fruited here in 1895 are given below. 



Alexander. — A Russian variety. Tree a vigorous upright grower ; 

 new shoots quite red, leaves with globose glands. Fi-uit small, 

 slightly oblong ; suture is somewhat obscure and extends half round ; 



