170 GARDENING FOE PLEASURE. 



Boston. Large, oval, yellow with mottled crimson 

 cheek ; flesh yellow, excellent quality ; September ; free- 

 stone. 



APRICOT. 



The Apricot is closely related to the peach, but belongs 

 to another species ; it is less juicy, and has a flavor 

 quite distinct from, and by some preferred to, that of the 

 peach. The blighting Curculio attacks the Apricot also, 

 and its culture can only be successful by combating the 

 difficulties that attend that of the plum, unless in special 

 locations that seem few and far between. The varieties are 



Moorpark. Size large as an average peach, yellow 

 with red cheek ; flesh orange, sweet, and of exquisite 

 flavor ; ripens in July. 



Orange. Pale yellow with red cheek, size medium ; 

 ripens end of July. 



Turkey. Large, deep yellow, shaded orange ; flesh 

 pale-yellow, firm, rich, and sweet ; ripens in August. 



APPLE. 



The apple can only be grown in gardens as a dwarf, 

 either kept in a bush form or trained as a pyramid or 

 other shape. The dwarf trees are made so by grafting on 

 dwarfing stocks, while the varieties are the same as those 

 found in the large trees of the orchard. Two sorts of 

 dwarfing stocks are used by nurserymen, the Doucin and 

 Paradise. Trees upon the Doucin will ultimately grow 

 quite large, and as the Paradise is the only stock which 

 makes really dwarf trees, the amateur who wishes to 

 grow dwarf apple-trees should make sure that they are 

 worked on Paradise stocks. Of course trees of this kind 

 are not advised as a source of fruit, but there can scarcely 

 be a handsomer object in the garden than a bush three 

 feet high, and about the same through, loaded with enor- 



