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rally, that they are exceedingly fine fruits, and peculiarly, 

 unique and beautiful in their appearance, and among the 

 greatest ornaments of the desert. Many exceedingly fine 

 DCW kinds have been recently introduced from the south of 

 France, and other parts of Europe, the most of which will be 

 found enumerated in the Catalogue. 



APRICOTS. 



This fruit thrives in the same soil, and with the same cul- 

 ture, as the peach and the nectarine, and requires the same 

 precautions against the curculio as are prescribed for the 

 plum, further comment on those points is therefore ren- 

 dered unnecessary. It may, however, be well to remark, 

 that the apricot is very apt to produce too great a quantity 

 of fruit in such cases it is necessary to ihin them out, other- 

 wise they will be inferior in size and quality. I will now pro- 

 ceed to describe a few varieties. 



1. Red Masculine. This is considered the earliest of 

 apricots ; the fruit is not large, and is also less juicy than 

 some others, and the colour red on the side next the sun ; it 

 is esteemed for its early maturity, and for being a very great 

 bearer. There is also a while variety ; ripens end of July. 



15. Black, or Pofie's. This apricot, which comes from 

 Siberia, and is consequently the most hardy, seems interme- 

 diate between the plum and the apricot. The fruit is of 

 good size, of a red or violet colour on one side, and of a 

 blackish purple on the other. It ripens later than most qf 

 the others, and is a very agreeable-fruit, but I have not found 

 it to bear well, which perhaps it would do when planted far- 

 ther north. The Peach Leaved Black, No. 23, is also from 

 Siberia, and produces fruit considerably resembling the 

 above. 



8. White. This is an apricot of a whitish or pale yel- 

 low colour, of middle size, and pleasant flavour. It forms 

 an agreeable variety among others more deeply coloured. 



5. Peach, or De Nancy. This is an apricot of very large 

 size, and of excellent flavour ; the tree is, however, some- 

 times so productive, that unless the fruit is thinned out, they 

 cannot arrive at their proper size. It is considered to differ 

 but little from the Moorpark, and is in fact one of the finest 

 varieties known. 



14. Turkey. This is a good fruit, of a deeper colour, and 



