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spots of deeper red, pale orange on the other side. Flesh 

 parting from the stone, orange-coloured, juicy, rich. Stoiie 

 brown, much flattened, oval, sharp in the front, perforated 

 along the back from the base to the apex. Kernel bitter. 



Ripe ten days or a fortnight earlier than the Roman. In 

 France it ripens on Midsummer-day, whence its name of 

 A. de St. Jean. 



6. MooRPARK. Hooker, Pom. Lond. t. 9. 

 Anson's, \ 



Temple's, \ of different Collections. 



Dunmore's Breda, ) 



Fi^uit large, of a roundish figure, about seven inches and 

 a half in circumference each way, deeply hollowed at the 

 base, and compressed on its sides, one of which is swelled 

 considerably more than the other at the suture, which gives 

 it an oblique appearance. Skin pale yellow on the shaded 

 side, but of a deep orange colour, shaded and marbled with 

 brownish red on the side next the sun, and full of dark 

 specks. Flesh very firm, bright orange, separating clean 

 from the stone. Juice plentiful and excellent. Stone ra- 

 ther rugged, with a pervious passage, containing a bitter 

 kernel. 



Ripe the end of August and beginning of September. 



The Moorpark Apricot, now so universally known through- 

 out England, is said to have been brought into this country 

 by Sir William Temple, and planted in his garden at Moor- 

 park : if so, it must have been an inhabitant here for more 

 than 130 years, as Sir William died in 1700, at the age 

 of 72. 



The pervious passage in its stone has not been noticed by 

 any of our writers till lately, nor is it readily discovered ; its 

 aperture is in a small groove on the thin side near its base, a 

 pin inserted into which, and pushed forward, will open its 

 further orifice, and thus effect its passage through the stone. 



7. Orange. Miller, No. 2. 



Early Orange. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 14. 



Royal George. Jb. 21. 



Royal Orange. lb. 15. 



Fruit larger than the Masculine, about five inches in cir- 

 cumference each way, and of a roundish figure. Suture 

 with a considerable swelling on one of its sides, and having 

 a deep hollow base. Skin pale orange, on the side next the 

 wall, and when fully ripe, of a deep orange tinged with red, 

 and spotted with dark purple next the sun. Flesh deep 



