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Abricotin. See Red Masculine. 



ALBERGE. Fruit, small and flattened, narrower at the apex than 

 at the base, and marked on one side with a very shallow suture. Skin, 

 often thick and rough to the feel ; greenish on the shaded side, but 

 deep yellow where exposed to the sun, and marked with reddish spots. 

 Stalk, inserted in a deep and narrow cavity. Flesh, deep orange, 

 adhering somewhat to the stone, firm, vinous, and perfumed with an 

 admixture of brisk acidity. Stone, large and flat. Kernel, bitter. 



This is generally used for drying and preserving. It is ripe in the 

 end of August. The tree of this variety' is the largest and most 

 vigorous grower of all the apricots, and bears abundantly. It is raised 

 from seed, and is used in France as a stock on which to bud other 

 kinds ; and hence there are many varieties of the Alberge, one of 

 which has a sweet kernel, and is called Alberge Aveline. 



Alberge de Montgamet. See Montgamet. 

 D'Alexandrie. See Musch Musch. 



ALGIER. The Algier Apricot is one of the earliest recorded varieties 

 in this country. It is mentioned by Parkinson, Ray, Miller, and For- 

 syth, but there is no mention made of it by any other English authors 

 except Meager, who has it in the list of varieties cultivated in the 

 Brompton Park Nursery in 1G90. What this variety was it is difficult 

 now to determine. Mr. Thompson referred it to the Portugal, and as 

 the meagre description we have of it by Miller and Forsyth accords 

 very much with that variety, there is every reason to conclude that Mr. 

 Thompson was correct. Parkinson's account of it is : " The Algier 

 Apricocke is a smaller fruit than any of the other, and yellow, but as 

 sweete and delicate as any of them, having a blackish stone within it 

 little bigger than a Lacure [Black Heart] cherry-stone. This, with 

 many other sorts, John Tradescante brought with him returning from 

 the Algier voyage, whither he went voluntary with the Fleete that went 

 against the Pyrates in the yeare 1620." 



ALSACE. This is a variety of the Moorpark, and is of a very large 

 size, with a rich and juicy flavour. The tree, unlike the others of the 

 race, is vigorous and hardy, and does not die off in branches as the 

 Moorpark does. 



Amande Aveline. See Breda. 



D'AMPUY. This is a form of the Breda, and, like it, has a sweet 

 kernel. It also resembles the Alberge, from which it differs in the 

 latter having a bitter kernel. This variety is much grown in the 

 department of the Rhone, where it is chiefly used for compotes. 



ANGOUMOIS (Angoumois Hatif ; Anjou; Eouge ; Violet). Small, 

 oval, flattened at the apex, marked on one side with a shallow suture. 



