UNTESTED YARIETIES, ETC. 47 



CLASS II. Embraces varieties^ of which many are new and untested^ and 

 others suited only to large orchards or certain localities. 



Black. 



Purple, I Noir, I Du Pape. 



Angoumois, | Violet, | 



Fruit, small, resembling a plum, round, reddish violet, or purple : fleshy 

 tender, juicy, adhering to the stone, astringent ; kernel, sweet. Season, 

 August. George Hoadiey. Esq., informs us that this variety has been brought 

 from Germany under name of "Hamburg Apricotj'^ probably from Booth's 

 nursery, near Hamburg. 



Brown's Early. 



Origin, Chelsea, Mass. Fruit, large, short oval, yellow, bright red. 

 cheek : Jlesh, yellow, melting, rich, juicy, luscious flavor. Season, middle 

 to last July. 



Burlington. 



This variety originated at Burlington, N. J., from a seed of the peach 

 apricot, planted by Mrs. Sarah Woolman, in 1838. Native soil, poor 

 gravel. Tree, vigorous ; young wood, reddish. Fruit, medium size, ob- 

 long, somewhat compressed at sides, with distinct suture ; skin, golden 

 yellow, with red spots, and a ruddy cheek in sun ; flesh, yellowish, juicy, 

 fine flavor; stone, rough, perforated. Season, last of July. 



Early Golden. 



Dubois' Early Golden, | Dubois' Early Golden Apricot. 

 Raised by Charles Dubois, Fishkill Landing, N. Y. Tree, thrifty yet 

 close wood, hardy, productive. 



Fruit, small, one and a quarter inch diameter, roundish oval, narrow 

 suture ; skin, smooth, pale orange ; Jlesh, orange, moderately juicy and 

 sweet, but not high flavor ; separates from the stone ; kernel, sweet. Sea- 

 son, 10 th to 15th July. 



Kaisha. 



From Syria, new, and but recently introduced into this country. The 

 Journal of the London Horticultural Society, describes it as " roundish, 

 semi-transparent, skin slightly downy, pale citron color in shade, tinged, 

 and rnarked with red in sun. Flesh, tender, juicy, citron color, sugary and 

 delicious, parting freely from the stone, which is small roundish, with a 

 sweet kernel."' 



Lafayette. 



Origin, City of New York. Tree, remarkably vigorous ; fruit, very large, 

 oval : skin, light yellow, marbled with red next the sun; Jflesh, high-flavored 

 and excellent. Ripens in August. (W. R. Prince.) 



Large Red. 



Under this name we received a tree three years since, but it has not yet 

 fruited. Mr. Downing, in the Horticulturist, speaks of it as large, round 

 dark orange red, sweet, and juicy. 



