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on the sunny side. The stone is brown, flattened oval, 

 sharp in front, perforated along the back, and with 

 a bitter kernel. 



The Blenheim, Shipley's, or Miss Shipley's, is not so 

 fine in flavour as the Moor Park, but it is tolerably rich, 

 an excellent bearer, and a most useful apricot, ripening 

 well. The fruit is oval, of medium size, and pale yellow 

 colour. It is allied to the Moor Park. 



The Hemskirke is also similar to the Moor Park in 

 character, but it is earlier, and ripens with more cer- 

 tainty. It is ready the end of July or the beginning of 

 August, and will do on an east wall. The fruit is middle- 

 sized, roundish, rather flattened at the crown, orange 

 and red in colour, clear orange in the flesh, tender, 

 juicy, and peculiarly rich and delicate in flavour, like a 

 fine greengage plum. The stone is rather small, and 

 the kernel rather sweet. 



The Breda is excellent for preserving, and the tree 

 does well as a standard in the Southern counties. The 

 fruit is small, inclined to be a little angular in shape, 

 brownish-orange in colour, and rich in flavour. The 

 stone is small, roundish, parts readily from the fruit, 

 and the kernel is sweet, on which account this apricot 

 is called in France Amande Aveline. On walls, it ripens 

 the beginning or end of August, and lasts beyond 

 that time on standards. It bears well as a standard, 

 and is a capital apricot. The fruit of the Brussels 

 apricot has a good brisk flavour ; it is distinct from the 

 Breda, especially in the kernel being bitter. 



The Royal is a fine rich-flavoured apricot, which 

 ripens in August, a week or ten days before the Moor 

 Park. The fruit is oval, slightly compressed, dullish 

 yellow, with a little red, a shallow suture, and orange- 

 coloured flesh, which is sweet, juicy, and high-flavoured, 

 with a slight degree of acidity. The stone is large, oval, 

 blunt at the ends, detached from the flesh, and rather 

 bitter. It is also called Eoyal George and Abricot 

 Royale. 



The Moor Park is the most celebrated and popular of 

 all kinds. Other names for it are Anson's, Dunmore's, 



