ON THE APRICOT AND THE LOQUAT 
The Mananites have brought many varieties of 
this species to America, and some of them are 
classed in the eastern states as good. The best of 
them, however, could never be compared in size 
or quality with our improved Persian varieties. 
There is also a fruit known as the black apricot, 
classified by some botanists as Prunus dasycarpa, 
which is allied to the apricot and which crosses 
readily with it, although it may more properly be 
regarded as a plum; being in fact a variety of 
Prunus ceresafera, as has been abundantly proved 
by numerous seedlings and hybrids produced on 
my own grounds. 
Hybrids of this fruit with the apricot and with 
the Japanese apricot and Japanese plum have been 
made in varicus combinations. Here, again, I 
shall have occasion to go more into detail in 
another chapter. I mention these various hy- 
brids here to illustrate further the possibilities of 
development of new races of apricots, or of alto- 
gether new fruits, through various hybridizations 
in which the apricot is one parent. 
To mention only one other quality of the pres- 
ent apricot that is in great need of improvement, 
we may note that the fruit usually grows lopsided 
and has a tendency to ripen on one side while 
the other is partly green. There is great call among 
apricot growers, and especially from canning 
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