APEICOTS. 41 



Bun, and speckled with large and small red specks. The 

 flesh is reddish yellow, tender, but somewhat firm ; never 

 becomes mealy, but is juicy, and with a rich pine-apple 

 flavour. Stone oval and three-ribbed, and impervious 

 along the back. Kernel bitter. Ripens in the middle of 

 August. 



PORTUGAL (Early Orange). Very small, resembling, 

 in shape and size, the Red Masculine. It is round, and 

 divided on one side by a deep suture. Skin pale yellow on 

 the shaded side, and deep yellow, tinged with red, and 

 marked with brown and red russet spots on the side next 

 the sun. Flesh deep yellow, tender, melting, with a rich 

 sugary and musky flavour ; adhering somewhat to the 

 stone. Stone almost round, impervious along the back. 

 Kernel bitter. Eipe in the beginning and middle of 

 August. 



Precoce d'Esperen. See Large Early. 



Precoce d'Hongrie. See Large Early. 



Purple. See Black. 



RED MASCULINE. Small, roundish. Skin bright yel- 

 low on the shaded side ; deep orange, spotted with dark 

 red, next the sun. Suture well defined. Flesh yellow, 

 juicy, and musky. Stone thick, obtuse at the ends, im- 

 pervious along the back. Kernel bitter. July. 



ROMAN (Common). Above medium size, oblong, sides 

 compressed. Skin pale yellow, with rarely a few red 

 spots next the sun. Suture scarcely perceptible. Flesh 

 dull yellow, soft, and dry, separating from the stone, and 

 possessing a sweet and agreeable acid juice, that makes 

 it desirable for preserving. Stone oblong, impervious. 

 Kernel bitter. Middle of August. 



Rouge. See Angoumois. 



ROYAL. Large, oval, and slightly compressed. Skin 

 dull yellow, tinged with red where exposed. Suture 

 shallow. Flesh pale orange, firm, juicy, rich, an4 vinous, 

 separating from the stone. Stone large and oval, im- 

 pervious. Kernel bitter. An excellent apricot, and little 

 inferior to the Moorpark. Beginning of August. 



ROYAL ORANGE. Above medium size, roundish, one 

 side swelling more than the other. Skin pale orange in 

 the shade ; deep orange, tinged with red, next the sun. 

 Suture well defined, deep towards the stalk. Flesh deep 



