THE APRICOT. 159 



15. TURKEY. Thomp. P. Mag. Lind. 



Large Turkey. 



De Nancy, (of some.) 



The Turkey Apricot is a fine old variety, which is seldom 

 seen" in our gardens, the sort generally sold under this name be- 

 ing the Roman. It is quite a late sort, ripening after the Moor- 

 park, from which it is easily known by its impervious stone, and 

 sweet kernel. 



Fruit of middle size, nearly round, not compressed. Skin 

 fine deep yellow in the shade, mottled with brownish orange in 

 the sun. Flesh pale yellow, firm, quite juicy, with a flavour in 

 which there is an excellent mingling of sweet and acid. Kernel 

 nearly as sweet as that of an almond, which, as well as the 

 form and colour, distinguishes this sort from the Roman. Ripe 

 the middle of August. 



The BLOTCHED LEAVED TURKEY, or Gold Blotched, (Abricot 

 macul,} is a sub-variety, very well known here, resem- 

 bling the common Turkey in all respects, except that it has in 

 the centre of each leaf a large yellowish spot. It is a thrifty 

 tree and bears delicious fruit. Ours is not identical with the 

 Turkey, as the last edition of the L. H. S.'s Catalogue arranges 

 it, but is a globular fruit, and a true variation of the Turkey. 



16. WHITE MASCULINE. Thomp. Lind. Fors. 



White Apricot. 



Abricot Blanc. O. Duh. Nats. 

 Abricotier Blanc. N. Duh. 

 Early White Masculine. 

 Blanc. > ac. to 



White Algeire ? $ Thamp. 



This scarcely differs from the Red Masculine before de- 

 scribed, except in colour. It is four or five days later. 



Fruit small and roundish. Skin nearly white, rarely with a 

 little reddish brown on one side. Flesh white, delicate, a little 

 fibrous, adheres a little to the stone, and has a delicate, pleasant 

 juice. Kernel bitter. 



Curious, or ornamental varieties. The BRIANCON APRICOT, 

 (A. brigantiaca, Dec.) a very distinct species so much resem- 

 bling a plum as to be called the Briancon Plum by many au- 

 thors, (Prune de Briancon, Poit.) is a small, irregular tree or 

 shrub, ten or twelve feet high, a native of the Alps. It bears a 

 great abundance of small round yellow plum-like fruit in clus- 

 ters, which are scarcely eatable ; but in France and Piedmont 



