APRICOTS. 269 



Musque Hatif. See Red Masculine. 



NEW LARGE EARLY. Fruit, larger than Breda, about the size 

 of Royal Apricot, oval. Skin, white, like Sardinian. Flesh, very rich, 

 and with a sweet, honied juice. 



This is the earliest of all apricots, and ripens in an orchard house 

 about the 20th of June. 



It was raised from Augoumois by Mr. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, and first 

 fruited in 1873. 



Noir. See Black. 



Noisette. See Breda. 



Oldaker's Moorpark. See Moorpark. 



ORANGE (Earl 11 Orange; Persian; Royal Persian ; Royal George ; 

 Royal Orange). Fruit, above medium size, roundish, one side swelling 

 more than the other. Skin, pale orange in the shade ; deep orange, 

 tinged with red, next the sun. Suture, well defined, deep towards the 

 stalk. Flesh, deep orange, firm, and adhering to the stone, which is 

 small, smooth, thick, and impervious. Kernel, sweet. 



Ripe in the middle of August. 



OULLINS EARLY PEACH (Peche Hatif d'Oullint). This is an 

 early form of the Peach Apricot, of large size, most delicious flavour, 

 and ripens three weeks earlier. The tree is a great bearer. 



This was raised at Oullins, near Lyons. 



Du Pape. See Black. 



PEACH (Peche; Gros Peche; De Xancy ; De Wirtemberg ; Royal 

 Peach). Fruit, large, oval, and flattened, marked with a deep suture 

 at the base, which gradually diminishes towards the apex. Skin, pale 

 yellow on the shaded side, and with a slight tinge of red next the sun. 

 Flesh, reddish yellow, very delicate, juicy, and sugary, with a rich 

 and somewhat musky flavour. Stone, large, flat, rugged, and pervious 

 along the back. Kernel, bitter. 



Ripe in the end of August and beginning of September. 



This is not the Abricot Peche of Duhamel, that being our White Masculine ; but 

 the Abricot Peche of Bretonnerie and Schabol. 



I regard the Peach Apricot and the Moorpark as distinct varieties, but they are 

 so similar in all essential points that they may for all practical purposes be 

 considered identical. There is no doubt, as nurserymen know, that while the 

 Moorpark may be budded freely on the common plum, the Peach Apricot requires 

 the Brussels, Brompton, and Damas Noir stocks. 



Forsyth says the Peach Apricot was brought to this country by the Duke of 

 Northumberland in 1767 ; but Switzer, writing in 1724, speaks of "a very large 

 kind of apricock that is cultivated at Woolhampton, Berkshire, as big as a large 

 peach, and is there called the French Apricock." 



The Peach Apricot is supposed to have originated at Nancy, but at what period 



