106 COKDON TRAINING. 



CHAP. XVIII. 



NAMES OF SOME VARIETIES RECOMMENDED FOR 

 IN-DOOR AND OUT-DOOR CULTURE. 



IN the Orchard-house, the Eed Masculine (Abri- 

 cot precoce) is a small round-shaped apricot, pale, 

 and musky in flavour. It ripens about the be- 

 ginning of July, or even earlier in hot seasons. 

 The Large Early (Gros precoce d'Esperen) fol- 

 lows it. It is larger, but not richer in flavour. 

 I have some new varieties from Lombardy, one in 

 particular, large and very early, is far superior to 

 either of these. Then comes the valuable Kai- 

 sha, the Syrian importation, which is a most valu- 

 able variety small, but well flavoured sugary, 

 and it is also prolific. Then the Moorpark, a week 

 later, takes you into the middle of August. The 

 Apricot peach closes the list of really useful sorts, 

 though you may add many more, as Beauge, a 

 capital late variety of the Apricot peach, and if an 

 early sort be required, there are the Musch or the 

 Viard to choose between. 



Peaches for the Orchard-house. Here the 

 variety is large, but in reality only a certain num- 



