THS AfjacoT. I5S 



ous European countries all seem to be eorrtrpiions of the Original 

 Arabic term Berkoche. 



USES. A very handsome and delicious dessert fruit^ only in*. 

 ferior to the peach, ripening about midsummer, after cherries^ 

 and before plums, at a season when it is peculiarly acceptable- 

 For preserving in sugar or brandy, for jellies, or pastries, it la 

 highly esteemed, and, where it is abundant, an admirable liqueur 

 is made from the fruit ; and it is also dried for winter use. In 

 some parts of Germany, the free bearing sorts the Turkey, 

 Orange, and Breda are largely cultivated for this purpose* 



CULTIVATION. This tree ia almost always budded on the 

 plum stock (on which in July it takes readily,) as it is found 

 more hardy and durable than upon its own root, Many Ame- 

 rican nurserymen bud the apricot on the peach, but the trees, 

 so produced, are of a very inferior quality short lived, mora 

 liable to diseases, and the fruit of a second rate flavour* Buck 

 ded on the plum they are well adapted to strong soils, in which 

 they always hold their fruit better than in light sandy soils* 



Apricots generally grow very thriftily, and soon make fine 

 heads, and produce an abun4ance of blossoms and young fruit ; 

 but the crop of the latter frequently falls of when half grown? 

 from being stung by the Plum-weevil or curculio, to which the 

 smooth skin of this fruit seems highly attractive. To remedy 

 this, the same course must be pursued as is directed for the 

 plum. Seedling apricots are usually more hardy and produce 

 tive here, than the finer grafted sorts* 



This is a favourite tree for training on walls or espaliers, and) 

 in town gardens especially, we often see it trained against the 

 sides of brick houses, and yielding most abundantly. As it 

 bears its fruit in the same way as the peach, and requires th<j 

 same management, we must refer our readers to the latter head 

 for direction as to pruning and training. As the apricot, how 1 * 

 ever, expands its blossoms very early, it should not be placed on 

 an east wall, or in a situation where it is too much exposed to 

 the full morning sun. 



DISEASES. When budded on the Plum, this tree is but little 

 liable to diseases, and may be considered a hardy fruit tree, la. 

 order to render it fruitful, and keep it for a long time in a pro* 

 ductive state, we cannot too strongly urge the advantages of the 

 shortming-w system of pruning recommended for the peach* 



I ALBEEGEEE* Thomp. N. Doh* Norn. 



Albeige. O. Dtth. Bott* 



This is a variety very common in the interiour of France, 

 where it is constantly reproduced with but little variation from 

 the seed ^Alberge being the name of the apricot in some of the 



