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THE HEMSKIRKE APRICOT. 



Hemskirke Apricot. Hart. Soc. Fruit Cat. p. 5. 



The origin of this variety is not known. It was 

 sold by the late Mr. Lee under the present name, 

 but has hitherto escaped public notice, of which its 

 great good qualities render it far more deserving 

 than many of those more commonly known. 



It bears freely on an east wall, where it ripens 

 thoroughly by the end of July, acquiring a high 

 luscious flavour, superior even to that of the Moor- 

 park. From the Royal Apricot (fol. 2 of this work,) 

 it differs in having a more tender flesh and richer 

 flavour, and also in the greater sweetness of its 

 kernel. While excellent varieties like this and a 

 few others are to be obtained, one cannot avoid 

 being surprised at walls in small gardens being 

 encumbered with such inferior sorts as the Roman 

 and the Brussels Apricots. 



WOOD short-jointed, like that of the Moorpark, 

 with enlarged projections under the buds. 



LEAVES broad, deep green, very like those of 

 the Moorpark. 



FLOWERS of the ordinary character. It may be 

 here remarked, that Apricots do not vary in their 



