320 SELECT VARIETIES OF FKUITS. 



G. Chinese. — Usuallj cultivated for ornament. Quite 

 different in appearance from the others. The leaves are 

 glossy, sharply and beautifully toothed ; the fruit is large, 

 oblong, bright yellow, and keeps till spring ; little used. 

 The flowers are large and showy, with the fragrance of 

 the violet ; worked on the other sorts ; rather tender, 

 '•equiring a sheltered situation. A very tardy bearer. 



T. Japan. — This is very distinct from all the others ; 

 very bushy, thorny, and hardy. There are two varieties. 

 The common one has beautiful bright red blossoms, and 

 the other blush ; the most beautiful of all our hardy 

 spring flowering shrubs. Fruit about as large as a 

 chicken's egg ; green, and quite unfit for use. 



SECOND DIVISION.— STONE FRUITS— APRICOTS, CHERRIES, 

 PEACHES, NECTARINES AND PLUMS. 



Section 4. — Select Apktcots. 



1. Breda. — Small, round, dull orange, marked with red 

 in the sun, flesh orange colored, juicy, rich and vinous ; 

 parts from the stone, kernel sweet, tree hardy, robust and 

 jDrolific. — End of July and beginning of August. 



2. Early Golden (Dubois). — Small, pale orange, flesh 

 orange, juicy and sweet ; kernel sweet; tree very hardy 

 and productive. The original tree at Fishkill is said to 

 have yielded $90 worth of fruit in one season. — Beginning 

 of July. 



3. Large Early. — Large, orange, with a red cheek, flesh 

 sweet, rich and excellent, parts from the stone ; tree vigo- 

 rous and productive. — Beginning of August. 



4. Moorjyarh. — One of the largest and finest apricots, 

 yellow, with a red cheek, flesh orange, sweet, juicy and 

 rich, parts from the stone ; growth rather slow, but stout 

 and short jointed ; very productive. * 



