130 APRICOTS. 



high brisk flavour, readily separating from the stone. 

 Kernel bitter, very different to that of the Breda, which 

 is sweet. 



Ripe the middle and end of August. 



In a sheltered situation, exposed to the south, the 

 Brussels Apricot bears and ripens well upon an open 

 standard. In this case, the fruit is not so large, but of 

 a very deep colour, a little russetty where exposed to the 

 sun, and of a very high flavour. Thirty years ago there 

 were four of these trees growing in a gentleman's garden 

 at Colchester, the largest of which in some seasons pro- 

 duced two hundred dozen of fine fruit. 



There are also at this time three or four very large 

 trees growing as open standards in the Duke of Devon- 

 shire's gardens at Chiswick, which produce abundance 

 of very fine fruit annually. 



4. HEMSKIRKE. Pom. Mag. t. 11. 



Fruit middle-sized, roundish, slightly compressed, very 

 like a small Moorpark, from which it is only distinguished 

 externally by its size. Flesh very bright, deep, clear 

 orange, more tender and juicy than the Moorpark, with 

 a particularly rich delicate flavour, resembling that of an 

 excellent Green Gage Plum. Stone much smaller than 

 that of the Moorpark, without a pervious passage. 

 Kernel nearly sweet. 



Ripe the end of July and beginning of August. 



We are indebted to the late Mr. Lee for the intro- 

 duction of this Apricot : it is a most excellent early 

 fruit, and highly deserving of attention. 



It bears freely on an east wall, where it ripens tho- 

 roughly by the end of July, acquiring a high luscious 

 flavour, superior even to that of the Moorpark. 



5. LARGE EARLY APRICOT. Pom. Mag. t. 14-2. 

 Abricot Gros Precoce, 1 of the French, according to 

 Abricot de St. Jean, J the Pom. Mag. 

 Abricot de St. Jean rouge, in Languedoc. Ib. 



