320 SELECT VAEIETIES OF FEUIT3. 



G. Chinese. Usually cultivated for ornament. Quite 

 different in appearance from the others. The leaves are 

 glossy, sharply and beautifully toothed ; the fruit is large, 

 oblong, bright yellow, and keeps till spring ; little used. 

 The flowers are large and showy, with the fragrance of 

 the violet ; worked on the other sorts ; rather tender, 

 requiring a sheltered situation. A very tardy bearer. 



7. Japan. This is very distinct from all the others ; 

 very bushy, thorny, and hardy. There are two varieties. 

 The common one has beautiful bright red blossoms, and 

 the other blush ; the most beautiful of all our hardy 

 spring flowering shrubs. Fruit about as large as a 

 chicken's egg ; green, and quite unfit for use. 



SECOND DIVISION. STONE FRUITS APRICOTS, CHERRIES, 

 PEACHES, NECTARINES AND PLUMS. 



SECTION 4. SELECT APKICOTS. 



1. Breda. Small, round, dull orange, marked with red 

 in the sun, flesh orange colored, juicy, rich and vinous ; 

 parts from the stone, kernel sweet, tree hardy, robust and 

 prolific. End of July and beginning of August. 



2. Early Golden (Dubois). Small, pale orange, flesh 

 orange, juicy and sweet ; kernel sweet; tree very hardy 

 and productive. The original tree at Fishkill is said to 

 have yielded $90 worth of fruit in one season. Beginning 

 of July. 



3. Large Early. Large, orange, with a red cheek, flesh 

 sweet, rich and excellent, parts from the stone ; tree vigo- 

 rous and productive. Beginning of August. 



4. MoorparJc. One of the largest and finest apricots, 

 yellow, with a red cheek, flesh orange, sweet, juicy and 

 rich, parts from the stone ; growth rather slow, but stout 

 and short jointed ; very productive. 



