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deep purple or nearly black in the sun ; surface with a 

 thin down ; flesh red near the skin, yellowish at the stone ; 

 flesh somewhat fibrous, sw^eet, slightly astringent, with a 

 pleasant, good, second-rate flavor. Adheres to the stone. 

 Hardy as an apple tree, and very productive. A distinct 

 species (//. dasijcavpa) from the oiiier apricots. Ripens 

 with the Breda. Reproduces itself from the stone. Shoots 

 quite slender, greenish. 

 There is another quite different apricot, called Violet or 

 Red Angoumois; small, oblong, lighter red, free from the 

 stone. Rare. 



Early Golden. (%«. Dubois' Apricot.) Small, an inch and 

 a fourth in diameter ; round-oval, nearly smooth, suture 

 narro a', distinct ; surface wholly pale orange ; flesh orange, 

 moderately juicy, sweet, good, free from the stone. Early, 

 or ten days before the Moorpark. Hardy, very productive, 

 profitable for market. Origin, Dutchess county, N. Y. 



Mvsch. {Syn. Musch-Musch.) Rather small, round, deep 

 yellow, with a slight orange red cheek; flesh yellow, 

 translucent, tender, sweet. Tree rather tender. Little 

 known in this country. Origin, Musch, in Asia Minor. 



Class II. Stone with a bitter kernel. 



Sectio7i I. Fruit large. 



Hemskirke. Large, roundish, compressed; surface orange, 

 with a red cheek ; flesh bright orange, rich, juicy, spright- 

 ly. Stone rather small. Resembles Sloorpark, but smaller 

 a little earlier, and stone not perforate. En2:lish. Rare 

 in this country. 



MOORPARK. {Syn. Anson s, Dunmore's Breda, Temple's.) 

 Large, (two inches in diameter,) nearly round, slightly 

 compressed ; surface orange, with a deep orange red 

 cheek, and with numerous darker dots ; flesh free from 

 the stone, bright yellowish orange, rather firm, quite 

 juicy, with a rich, high flavor. Stone perforate, or with 

 a hole lengthwise under one edge, so that a pin may be 

 thrust through. Season medium, or two weeks after 

 mid-summer. Requires the shortening-in pruning recom- 

 mended for the peach. English. Old. 



