378 SELECT VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



of all our hardy spring flowering shrubs. Fruit about as 

 large as a chicken's egg ; unfit for use. 



SECOND DIVISION. STONE FRUITS APRICOTS, CHER- 

 RIES, PEACHES, NECTARINES, AND PLUMS. 



SECTION 4. SELECT APRICOTS. 



Alberge de Montgamet (MOXTGAMET). Medium size ; 

 pale yellow, with tinge of red in the sun ; flesh yellowish, 

 adhering to the stone ; juicy, perfumed, excellent. The 

 tree is a hardy, fine grower. Last of July. 



Beauge. Resembles Moorpark, but ripens later. 



Blenheim (SHIPLEY). Medium size, oval ; orange yel- 

 low ; flesh juicy, moderately rich. Ripens eight or ten 

 days before Moorpark. 



Breda* Small, round, dull orange, marked witli red in 

 the sun, flesh orange-colored, juicy, rich and vinous ; parts 

 from the stone, kernel sweet, tree hardy, robust, and pro- 

 lific. End of July and beginning of August. 



( anino Grosso. Large ; orange color, becoming red in 

 the sun ; flesh reddish yellow, high-flavored. Middle of 

 July. Tree vigorous, hardy. 



Early Golden (Dusois). Small; pale orange; flesh 

 orange, juicy and sweet ; kernel sweet ; tree very hardy 

 and productive. The original tree at Fishkill is said to 

 have yielded 890 worth of fruit in one season. Begin- 

 ning of July. 



Early Moorpark. Resembles Moorpark, but ripens 

 earlier. Medium size, roundish, oval ; yellow, mottled 

 with crimson in the sun. 



