APRICOTSo 



Fill the cask with cherries ; pour over them as much 

 brandy as the cask will contain. When it has been 

 on ten days, draw it off, and pour on hot water : let 

 this remain some time, shaking the cask frequently; 

 then draw it off", and mix the last with the first liquor. 

 Both cherry and plum trees are subject to the an- 

 noyance of the cherry and plum tree weevel,(Rhyne- 

 teas Cerasi) producing a disease which will prove fa- 

 tal unless remedied. See plum tree. 



APRICOTS. 



THE apricot tree is raised from the stone, and prop- 

 agated by budding or grafting on their own stocks or 

 any kind of plum stocks. Their treatment is in all 

 respects the same as the peach and nectarine treess. 

 The best time for planting the trees is in autumn, 

 and the best soil is a light loam. In our climate 

 this tree should be ec-ren fcwKtasfcStij and north- 

 erly winds; otherwise, it is said they will not bear 

 fruit, though they may grow large. They do not at- 

 tain to a bearing state so soon as the peach by one 

 year. Some kinds ripen their fruit earlier than oth- 

 ers. The following are those best adapted to our cli< 

 mate: 



The Black Apricot, 



The Brussells Apricot, 



The Breda Apricot, 



The Early Apricot, 



The Large Eearly Apricot. 



The Peach Apricot, 



The Moors Park Apricot, 



The Turkey Apricot. 



