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this. It forms a tree of more vigour and of larger size than 

 the Roman variety. In France it is much cuhivated in the 

 espalier form, but it grows equally well cultivated as a 

 standard, and in the latter case the quality of the fruit is 

 improved, and it acquires a delicious taste. The tree is some- 

 times so very productive, that unless the fruit is thinned out, it 

 will not attain its proper size. 



MONSTROUS PEACH APRICOT. Pr.cat. 



Largest Peach. Pr. cat. 25 ed. 

 Piche d tres gros fruit. 



A number of varieties have been obtained in France from 

 seeds of the preceding one, among which the most noted is the 

 present sort, which has there received the French title quoted 

 above, as a synonyme, on account of its exceeding its parent 

 in size. The growth of the tree is remarkably strong, and 

 the fruit is one of the most esteemed, but does not materially 

 vary in its colour from the variety before described. I im- 

 ported it from the South of France, with s^tnumber of others of 

 great excellence. Like the preceding, it requires that the fruit 

 should be thinned out when the tree is too much loaded with it. 



ALBERGE. Pr. cat. O. Duh. Roz. 



Abricot Albergier. N. Duh. | Albergier ordinaire. 



The leaves of this tree difler somewhat from those of others, 

 because they have usually at their base and upon their petiole 

 two small appendages or ears. The fruit is rather compressed 

 and of small size, measuring about fifteen lines in its greatest 

 diameter ; the skin is a greenish yellow on the shaded side, 

 and a dark yellow with some touches of brownish red next the 

 sun ; the flesh is yellow, approaching to red, partially melting, 

 of a vinous and very rich taste ; the stone is more compressed 

 than those of other varieties, and the kernel is bitter ; the fruiv 



