THE APRICOT. 239 



where it was cultivated more than one hundred and forty years 

 ago. It is only a moderate bearer here, and especially requires the 

 shortening-in mode of pruning as recommended for the peach. 



Fruit large, roundish, about two inches and a quarter in dia- 

 meter each way, on a standard tree ; rather larger on one side 

 of the suture than the other. Skin orange in the shade, but 

 deep orange or brownish red in the sun, marked with numerous 

 dark specks and dots. Flesh quite firm, bright orange, parting 

 free from the stone, quite juicy, with a rich and luscious fla- 

 vour. Stone peculiarly perforated along the back, where a pin 

 may be pushed through, nearly from one end to the other. 

 Kernel bitter. Ripe early in August. 



MuscH-MuscH. Thomp. Nois. 

 D'Alexandrie. 



This delicious little Apricot takes its name from the city of 

 Musch on the frontiers of Turkey in Asia ; but it is also com- 

 mon about Alexandria, and in northern Egypt it is said to be 

 raised in such abundance that the dried fruit is an article of 

 commerce. The tree is rather dehcate, and requires a sheltered 

 position. 



Fruit rather small, about an inch and a half in diameter, 

 round. Skin deep yellow, with a little orange red on the sunny 

 side. Flesh yellow, with a transparent pulp, tender, melting, 

 and very sweet. Kernel sweet. 



Orange. Thomp. Lind. Mill. 



Early Orange. Persian. 



Royal Orange. Royal Persian. 



Royal Greorge. 



An Apricot of only tolerable quality for the dessert, but it is 

 much esteemed by many for preserving ; and it makes delicious 

 tarts, even before the fruit begins to acquire colour. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish, with a well marked suture, 

 deeply hollowed near the stalk. Skin firm, orange, sometimes 

 tinged with a ruddy tint in the sun. Flesh dark orange, mode- 

 rately juicy, but often rather dry and insipid, (unless ripened in 

 the house,) not separating entirely from the flesh. Stone small, 

 roundish. Kernel sweet. Middle of July. 



Peach. Thomp. Fors. Lind. 



Anson's Imperial. Royal Peach. 

 P^che. Abricot Peche. K Duh. Foii. 



De Nancy. 0. Duh. Du Luxembourg. 

 Peche Grosse. Wurtemburg. 



Pfirsiche. 



The Peach Apricot, originally from Piedmont, has long been 



