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leep purple or nearly black in the sun ; surface with a 

 thin down ; flesh red near the skin, yellowish at the stone. ; 

 flesh somewhat fibrous, sweet, slightly astringent, with a 

 pleasant, good, second-rate flavor. Adheres to the stone. 

 Hardy as an apple tree, and very productive. A distinct 

 species (A. dasycarpa) from the other apricots. Ripens 

 with the Breda. Reproduces itself from the stone. Shoots 

 quite slender, greenish. 



There is another quite different apricot, called Violet or 

 Red Angoumois; small, oblong, lighter red, free from the 

 stone. Rare. 



Early Golden. (Syn. Dubois' Apricot.) Small, an inch and 

 a fourth in diameter ; round-oval, nearly smooth, suture 

 narro .v, distinct ; surface wholly pale orange ; flesh orange, 

 moderately juicy, sweet, good, free from the stone. Early, 

 or ten days before the Moorpark. Hardy, very productive, 

 profitable for market. Origin, Dutchess county, N. Y. 



Musch. (Syn. Musch-Musch.) Rather small, round, deep 

 yellow, with a slight orange red cheek; flesh yellow, 

 translucent, tender, sweet. Tree rather tender. Little 

 known in this country. Origin, Musch, in Asia Minor. 



CLASS II. STONE WITH A BITTER KERNEL. 

 Section I. Fruit large. 



HEMSKIRKE. Large, roundish, compressed; surface orange, 

 with a red cheek ; flesh bright orange, rich, juicy, spright- 

 ly. Stone rather small. Resembles Moorpark, but smaller 

 a little earlier, and stone not perforate. English. Rare 

 in this country, 



MOORPARK. (Syn. Anson's, Dunmore's Breda, Temple's.) 

 Large, (Uvo inches in diameter,) nearly round, slightly 

 compressed ; surface orange, with a deep orange red 

 cheek, and with numerous darker dots ; flesh free from 

 the stone, bright yellowish orange, rather firm, quite 

 juicy, with a rich, high flavor. Stone perforate, or with 

 a hole lengthwise under one edge, so that a pin may be 

 thrust through. Season medium, or two weeks after 

 mid-summer. Requires the shortening-in pruning recom- 

 mended for the peach. English. Old. 



