THE APRICOT. 241 



Red Masculine. Tlioiiip, Lind. 



Early Masculine. Apricot Precoce, ) q ^^^ 



Brown Masculine. Apricot hatif Musquee. ) 



Abricotier. Abricotier hatif. N. Duh. 



Friihe Muscateher. 



A small early sort, hardy, very productive, of tolerable fla- 

 vour, but not rich, growth upright, slender. 



Fruit small and nearly round, scarcely an inch and a half in 

 diameter, with a well marked suture on one side. Skin bright 

 yellow, tinged with deep orange and spotted with dark red on 

 the sunny side. Flesh yellow^, juicy, with a slightly musky, 

 pleasant flavour. Stone thick, obtuse at the ends. Flowers 

 smaller than in most other sorts. Kernel bitter. Ripe about 

 the 12th of July. 



RiNGOLD. 



Raised by Mr. Commack, Athens, Ga. 



Fruit large, roundish, a little oblong, suture slight. Skin 

 light orange, darker in the sun, where it is beautifully dotted 

 with carmine. Flesh deep yellow, jnicy and excellent. Ripens 

 just after the orange, hardy and productive. (Wm. N. White, 

 MS.) 



Shipley's. Thomp. 



Blenheim. Shipley's Large. 



A very good early variety, of small or medium size, of vigor 

 ous but rather slender growth. 



Fruit medium, oval, orange, with a deep yellow, juicy, and tole- 

 rably rich flesh. Stone roundish, imper\dous, with a bitter ker 

 nel. Ripens here about the 25th of July. 



Texas. 



Originated with Dr. M. A. Ward, Athens, Ga. 



Fruit small, round, colour dark maroon, darker in the sun. 

 Suture slight, a mere line. Flesh juicy and pleasant, except at 

 the stone, where it is astringent. Adheres to the stone. (W, 

 N. White, MS.) 



Turkey. Thomp. P. Mag. Lind. 



Large Turkey. De Nancy, {of some.) 



The Turkey Apricot is a fine old variety, which is seldom 

 seen in our gardens, the sort generally sold under this name be- 

 ing the Roman. It is quite a late sort, ripening after the Moor- 

 park, from which it is easily known by its impervious stone, and/ 

 sweet kernel. 



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