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THE APRICOT. 



PEACH. (Sr/n. Anson's Imperial, Peche, De Nancy.) 

 Very large, slightly larger than Moorpark; yellowish 

 orange, with a brownish orange cheek, and mottled with 

 dark brown to the sun ; flesh a rich yellow, juicy, with a 

 rich, high flavor. Stone perforate. Ripens about the 

 time of the Moorpark, which it closely resembles, but is 

 of larger size. Origin, Piedmont. 



ROYAL. Rather large, round-oval, slightly compressed, su 

 ture shallow; dull yellow, faintly reddened to the sun; 

 flesh pale orange, firm, juicy, sweet, high-flavored, slight- 

 ly sub-acid, free from the large, oval, nearly impervious 

 stone. Ripens a week before Moorpark, smaller than the 

 latter, and with a less bitter kernel. French. Rare in 

 this country 



Shipley's. (Syn. Blenheim.) Large, oval, surface orange, 

 flesh deep yellow, juicy, rather rich ; stone roundish, not 

 perforate. Inferior to Moorpark, but rather earlier. Eng- 

 lish. New. 



Section II. Medium in size. 



Brussels. Size medium ; rather oval, compressed ; pale 

 yellow, dotted white in the shade, russety brown to the 



sun ; suture deep at 

 base ; flesh yellow, 

 rather firm, moderate- 

 ly rich. Rather late. 



LARGE EARLY. 



Size medium; oblong, 

 compressed ; suture 

 deep ; slightly downy; 

 pale orange, with a 

 spotted bright orange 

 cheek, very handsome; 

 flesh free from the 

 stone, pale orange, 

 rich, juicy. Ripens 

 at or a little before. 

 Fig. 242. L^rge Early. mid-summer. Origin, 



south of France. 



