TREATISE 



ON THE 



CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT 



OF 



FRUIT TREES, &c. 



CHAPTER I. 



OF APRICOTS. * 



Different Sorts described. — Planting and Heading. — The 

 Management of decayed Trees, —^Pruning of Apricots, and 

 how to shelter themjrom Cold, 



1 HE Apricot, we are told, came originally from 

 Armenia, whence it takes the name of Armeniaca, 

 and was cultivated in this country in 1548. Twr- 

 ncr^s Names ofHerbes, sign, Jtiij. 



Linnaeus, according to the Sexual System, ar- 

 ranges it in the twelfth class, Icosandria Mono- 



* We shall enumerate, under their respective heads, the prin- 

 cipal sorts of fruit that are propagated in this country; with 

 the time of their ripening, as near as possible. It is to be ob- 

 served, however, that the diversity of seasons, together with 

 that of soil and situation, will sometimes make a month of dif- 

 ference in the ripening of the fruit. 



B 



