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CHAP. X. 



CORDON TRAINING IN APRICOT TREES. 



THE apricot is a magnificent fruit. It probably 

 came from America. Thence it passed into Greece 

 and Italy, and so on to our ungeniai climate, and 

 is pretty generally cultivated, capricious as it is in 

 bearing. The apricot does not force very well ; it 

 dislikes a confined atmosphere, and succeeds best 

 in breezy situations, with abundance of sun. In- 

 doors it requires great attention in the blooming 

 season, and careful watering at all times, or it is 

 liable, either from this cause or from deficient 

 ventilation, to drop its fruit after setting. De 

 Jonghe considers this to arise from not being 

 grown on its own stock, and this may be the case. 

 The more sun and air apricots have the darker 

 will the fruit be, and the better the flavour. Of 

 all in cultivation, I find the Kaisha the best. 

 Some new varieties, as yet unknown, from Lom- 

 bardy, promise extremely well. 



Diagonal Cordon training is well adapted to 

 produce fine fruit on the apricot. The triple sys- 



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