84 THE APRICOT. 



segments reflexed; flesh white, breaking, somewhat coarse 

 grained, juicy, pleasant, sprightly sub-acid ; season November 

 and December. A very promising variety. 



Morton's Red. — This is supposed to be a native, having 

 "been found growing on the farm of the late Elkanah Morton, of 

 Cornwallis. It is a moderately strong grower, with spreading, 

 pendulous branches, a very good bearer and a good market apple. 

 The fruit is of medium size, round, inclining to conic, and always 

 fair ; skin smooth, of a dull greyish white, nearly covered with 

 light and dark red, through which the grey skin shows in faint 

 striated markings ; calyx inclined to large, closed j basin broad, 

 shallow and regular; stem medium, sometimes fleshy and 

 knobbed, inserted in a shallow even cavity; flesh white, tender, 

 fine grained, juicy, pleasant sub-acid ; season December and Jan- 

 nary, but will keep longer. 



THE APEICOT. 



This very handsome and delicious fruit can be growii in the 

 open air only in the most favored parts of the Province of 

 Ontario, and even there the fruit is very liable to be destroyed 

 by late spring frosts, on account of the habit of the tree in put- 

 ting forth its blossoms at the first approach of spring. The cur- 

 culio also prey upon this fruit, and vmless closely watched and 

 kept in subjection, will not leave a single specimen to ripen. In 

 other parts of the Dominion, this fruit can only be grown in 

 the orchard-house. 



It is propagated by budding on the Apricot, Plum or Peach. 

 The t*lum stock is much better than the Peach, especially for 

 planting on heavy soils, the tree being healthier and the fruit 

 of finer flavor. 



The following varieties have been selected from some fifty 

 names as most worthy of attention. 



Black or Purple Apricot. — This variety is the most hardy 

 ' of any with which we are acquainted, and it is mainly on that 



