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at which season, their flavour was not 

 worse than when fresh gathered. 



Filberts. 



Red - Cob-nut 



White Cosford-niit 



Dwarf prolific-nut 



APRICOTS. 



As this fruit is in its nature similar to 

 the peach, the same mode of culture 

 will apply to it, and also the same pro- 

 tection. 



Mr. Knight is of opinion, that the 

 apricot stock is the best for the apricot 

 tree ; but I fear we shall never be able to 

 procure a quantity equal to the demand 

 for what is annually used in the nurseries 

 in this country. 1 find that those trees 

 which budded on the muscle plum 

 stock, to stand very well for many years; 

 that is not, however, the case with those 



