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ST. AMBROISE. This is a large, early apricot, almost the size of, 

 and earlier than the Moorpark. It is compressed, of a deep yellow 

 colour, reddish next the sun. Flesh, juicy, rich, and sugary. 



Ripe in the middle of August, and the most prolific apricot in culti- 

 vation. 



De St. Jean. See Large Early. 



S (Blenheim). Large, oval. Skin, deep yellow. Flesh, yel- 

 low, tolerably rich and juicy. Stone, roundish and impervious. Kernel, 

 bitter. Very productive and early, but not so rich as the Moorpark. 

 Ripe in the end of July and beginning of August. 



It was raised by Miss Shipley, the daughter of a former gardener to the Duke of 

 Marlborough, at Blenheim. 



Sudlow's Moorpark. See Moorpark. 



TARDIVE D'ORLEANS. This is a late variety, ripening a fort- 

 night after the Moorpark, but the tree is a bad bearer. 



Temple's. See Moorpark. 

 Transparent. See Roman. 



TRIOMPHE DE BUSSIER. A variety of Peach Apricot which is 

 rather later than its parent. 



TURKEY. Medium size, nearly round, not conipressed. Skin, 

 deep yellow ; brownish orange next the sun, and spotted. Flesh, pale 

 yellow, firm, juicy, sweet, and pleasantly sub-acid, separating from the 

 stone. Stone, large, rugged, and impervious. Kernel, sweet. 



Ripe in the middle of August. 



VIARD. This is an early variety of the Peach Apricot, with rich, 

 juicy flesh. The tree is hardy. 



Violet. See Angoumois. 



Walton Moorpark. See Moorpark. 



WHITE MASCULINE (Abricot Blanc; Abricot PeeJie of Duhamel). 

 Fruit, small, round, and somewhat compressed at both ends. Skin, 

 covered with a fine white down ; pale yellow, tinged with brownish red 

 next the sun, and dull white in the shade. Flesh, pale yellow, adhering 

 in some degree to the stone ; fine and delicate, juicy, sugary, and 

 excellent. Kernel, bitter. 



Ripe in the end of July. 



The tree is of small growth, and very tender ; very similar in all its 

 parts to the Red Masculine. It is rarely cultivated, except for its earli- 

 ness ; and as there are other varieties of superior excellence possessing 

 the same recommendation, the White Masculine is now seldom met with. 



De Wirtemberg. See Peach. 



