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13. *PEACH APRICOT. N. Dull. PI. civ. Bon Jard 



ABRICOT PECHE. Ib. DE NANCY. 



The best and the largest of all apricots. Form variable, 

 generally flattened ; skin slightly downy ; of a fawn color 

 next the sun, with reddish spots ; flesh fawn color, yellow, 

 melting, excellent ; neither dry nor clammy, like most apri- 

 cots; juice abundant, high-flavored, peculiar. Excellent 

 Early in August. All authors concur in this description. 



14. PORTUGAL. Bon Jard. 



ABRICOT DE PORTUGAL, OR MALE. Bon Jard. 

 A small, globular fruit ; flesh melting and good. Aug. 



15. PROVENCE. Bon Jard. 



A small fruit ; flesh yellow, sometimes a little dry, but 

 of a sweet, vinous flavor ; stone rugged ; kernel sweet. July. 



16. ROMAN. Pom. Mag. Lindley. Bon Jard. 

 ABRICOT COMMUN. Bon Jard. 



BLOTCHED LEAVET> TITRKEV. Lind. and Pom. Mag. 

 A vigorous tree, a large fruit in well-cultivated ground, 

 superior to the Angoumois, but insipid when too ripe ; ker- 

 nel bitter. July. A productive variety. 



17. ROYAL. Bon Jard. Pom. Mag. 



A new variety, obtained at the Luxembourg ; better than 

 the Peach apricot. The fruit is next in size to the Moor- 

 park ; rather oval, compressed ; dull yellow, slightly red ; 

 the flesh pale orange, firm, juicy, sweet, and high-flavored, 

 with a slight acid ; kernel slightly bitter. 



18. *ROYAL PERSIAN. Hort. Soc. Cat. Bon Jard. 

 BREDA. Hort. Soc. Cat. 



HOLLANDE, AMANDE AVELINE, Bon Jard. 

 This fruit is small ; flesh yellow, melting, vinous, having 

 the taste of the Aveline or Filbert ; kernel sweet. July. 



19. TURKEY. Pom. Mag. 

 LARGE TURKEY. Hooker's Pom. Lond. 



" An excellent apricot, scarcely known," little inferior 

 to the Moorpark. Fruit middle-sized, very handsome, deep 

 yellow, with rich orange red blotches next the sun ; the 

 form globular ; the flesh yellow, firm, juicy, sweet, with 

 a little acid, very rich, and excellent ; a freestone ; kernel 

 sweet as an almond. 



20. *WHITE APRICOT. Bon Jard. 

 ABRICOT BLANC. Bon Jard. 



The flesh is whiter than the Angoumois, and better, 



