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end of the yearling branches ; buds not particularly promi- 

 nent ; leaves middle-sized dark green, rather evenly serrated, 

 slightly concave, roundish, accuminate ; flowers of the ordinary 

 size and appearance ; fruit about the middle size, very hand- 

 some deep yellow, with a number of rich brownish orange-red 

 spots and blotches next the sun — in form nearly spherical, not 

 compressed like the Moorpark ; flesh pale yellow, firm, juicy, 

 sweet, with a little acid, very rich and excellent ; stone sepa- 

 rating freely; in figure like that of the Moorpark, but without 

 the hole of that variety ; kernel quite sweet, like that of an 

 almond." 



MOORPARK. Pk. CAT. For. 



Anson's. I Dunmore's Breda. 



Dunmore's. j Temple's. 



Abricot piche, of many English collections. 



This variety, so far as my experience goes, differs from the 

 Peach apricot in its growth and foliage, although the two fruits 

 exceedingly resemble each other. It is of large size, of a fine 

 bright yellow or orange colour, mottled or spotted with red 

 next the sun ; the flesh is also of a bright orange hue, rich, 

 juicy, and excellent — in fact, this fruit is one of the most es- 

 teemed ; it ripens at the end of July or early in August, and 

 the stone is remarkable for having a passage or hole in the side 

 through which a needle may be easily passed. 



BLOTCHED LEAVED. Pr. cat. For. 



Blotched leaved Turkey. Lend. Hort. cat. Pr. cat. 25 ed.. 



Gold blotched 



Variega'ed Turkey. 



Striped Tnrley. 



Abricot macule, i 



Abricot a feuiUes panaches, > of the French. 



Abricot de Messine, y 



The fruit of this apricot r'oes not difier essentially from the 

 Roman, of which it is a variety ; its leaves however are pecu- 

 liarly variegated, most of them having near the centre a large 

 yellowish spot, presenting a very singular appearance, by which 

 the tree may be readily distinguished from all the other kinds- 



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