CHAPTER VIII. 



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THE APRICOT. 



The Apricot would be a very desirable tree 

 to cultivate, were it not for the difficulties in 

 the way of obtaining even a small crop of its 

 fruit. 



The apricot is best, worked on the plum- 

 stock ; although it grows well also on the 

 peach. The tree is of small growth, and is 

 even less hardy than some varieties of the 

 peach. It requires a deep, dry soil, and a 

 somewhat sheltered situation. 



The apricot needs the same cultivation and 

 shortening-in pruning, which we have recom- 

 mended for the peach. 



Insects, fyc. The insect (Peach-worm) 

 which sometimes does so' much mischief 

 among peach trees, also works upon the apri- 

 cot. But the greatest obstacle in the way of 

 obtaining a good crop of the fruit, is the Cur- 

 culio. It has been remarked that strong 



