106 HOME FRUIT GROWER 



LEADING VARIETIES 

 BREDA EARLY. Small to medium. Orange with reddish cheek. Flesh 



orange, rich and high flavored. Freestone. Sweet kernel. Tree hardy 



and very prolific. 

 EARLY GOLDEN. Small, pale orange; flesh orange; fairly juicy, sweet and 



good flavored; kernel sweet. Freestone. A week or more earlier than 



Moorpark. 



HARRIS EARLY. Medium, bright yellow, red cheek, juicy, good. Tree 

 hardy and prolific. 



MOORPARK. Old standard of Apricot excellence. Unrivalled in quality. 

 Round, often over two inches in diameter. Orange with brownish red 

 cheek, dotted. Flesh orange, firm, juicy, rich, luscious. Parts freely from 

 the stone which is perforated along the back. Kernel bitter. Usually 

 ripens unevenly. Tree rather tender, bears irregularly. Should be 

 first choice for family orchard. 



PEACH. Often two inches in diameter. Yellow, orange and brown 

 mottled in sun. Ripens rapidly just before Moorpark. Flesh yellow, 

 juicy, rich, high flavored. Stone resembles Moorpark. Kernel bitter. 



ROMAN EARLY. Medium, pale yellow with few red dots; flesh fine grained, 

 rather juicy, good flavored. Kernel bitter. Tree prolific. 



ROYAL. Fairly large. Dull yellow with reddish cheek; flesh pale orange, 

 firm, slightly subacid, juicy, high flavored. Freestone. A week earlier 

 than Moorpark. 



ST. AMBROISE. Large, early; yellow with reddish cheek. Flesh firm, 

 juicy, sugary, rich. 



(Russian varieties are reputed hardier than the others mentioned. They are 

 considered inferior in quality. Leaders offered by nurserymen are 

 ALEXANDER. ALEXIS, and BUDD.) 



LEADING CALIFORNIA APRICOTS. 

 BLENHEIM OR SHIPLEY. Rather large, orange, juicy, fairly rich. Good 



grower and prolific cropper. Follows Royal. 

 HEMSKIRKE. Follows Royal. Orange with red cheek. "More juicy and 



sprightly than Moorpark with rich, luscious plum-like flavor" 



Downing. Kernel bitter. Hardier, earlier, more regular cropper 



than Moorpark. 

 MOORPARK. Described above. 

 NEWCASTLE. Freestone. Smaller, less rich, higher colored and three 



weeks earlier than Royal. Good regular cropper. 

 PEACH. Described above. 

 ROYAL. Described above. 

 TILTON. Regular, prolific bearer, large. Freestone. Ten days after Royal. 



Colors prematurely; hence maybe picked too soon for best quality. 



APPLE 



No tree fruit is so universally popular, has developed so many var- 

 ieties, is so extensively grown, is prepared for the table in so many 

 ways or is so frequent a subject for poetry and song as the Apple. 



