CHAPTER XXIII. 



THE APRICOT. 



This excellent fruit, partaking of the nature both of 

 the peach and the plum, is hardy south of the 43d de- 

 gree of latitude in this country, and should find a place 



Fig. 86. — Moorpark Apricot. 



in every collection of fruit trees. The native countiy of 

 the apricot is uncertain, but it is cultivated largely in 

 both Europe and Asia. The stone is smooth like that of 



