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yellow ; flesh soft ; stone impervious ; kernel very bitter. 

 The tree is a good bearer, but the fruit is fit only for pre- 

 serving. It is sometimes called the Brussels — a name 

 also occasionally given to the preceding. 



Moorpark. — Flowers large ; fruit roundish, compressed, 

 orange and red ; flesh parting from the stone, juicy and 

 rich ; stone pervious ; kernel bitter. This is generally 

 considered the best apricot in this country. There are 

 several sub-varieties known under diiferent names ; and 

 among these Shipley's is the best. It scarcely differs from 

 the Api'icot Peche of the French. 



Hemskirke. — Like a small Moorpark, but with a more 

 tender and juicy pulp, and with the rich flavor of a green- 

 gage plum; kernel small, sweetish. A desirable early 

 fruit, ripening on an east wall in the end of July or begin- 

 ning of August. 



Turkey. — Flowers large ; fruit middle-sized, spherical, 

 deep yellow ; flesh juicy and rich, parting from the stone, 

 which is impervious ; kernel sweet. This is an excellent 

 late variety. 



Dubois Golden Apricot. — A hardy productive American 

 variety. Small but good flavor ; early, and is tolerably 

 exempt from the attacks of the curculio. Good for market. 



Besides these, we may mention the Large Early, the 

 White Masculine, Musch-musch, and Royal. The last is 

 a French variety of recent origin ; it is excellent, and 

 ripens earlier than the Moorpark. 



Apricots are propagated by budding on muscle or com- 

 mon plum-stocks. Mr. Knight recommends the wilding 

 apricot as a stock for the Moorpark variety. Some 

 gardeners have adopted the horizontal form of training, 

 but the most usual, and certainly the best, is the common 

 fan arrangement ; for the taller the tree the greater the 



