140 APRICOTS* 



ever exceed eighteen inches, and few will ever require 

 to be less than six : in a general way, from ten to four- 

 teen inches, in full-grown trees, appears to be the most 

 proper length to be allowed* 



By pruning thus short, and training the branches 

 thin, the trees will be kept in vigour, the fruit will 

 always attain its full size under favourable circumstances, 

 and its quality will be good. 



The Moorpark Apricot, in some situations, is apt to be 

 affected by canker in different parts of the tree, thereby 

 occasioning a partial loss of its limbs. When this takes 

 place in old trees, it is too late to apply a remedy ; but 

 its occurrence may be prevented by taking up the young 

 tree after it has been trained three or four years, cutting 

 off close those roots which have a perpendicular direc- 

 tion, and spreading out the others horizontally, and 

 re-planting it again ; taking care that the part where it 

 had been budded, be kept six or eight inches above the 

 surface of the ground. If this be carefully performed, 

 without shaking the mould off the roots, the progress 

 of the tree will be but little impeded by the operation. 

 At the end of three years more this should be repeated 

 in the same manner, after which it will rarely happen 

 that any of those local injuries will take place. 



INDEX TO THE APRICOTS. 



Abricot Angoumois - 9 Abricot P$cke - - t 



Abricot Blanc - - 14? Abricot Precoce - - 10 



Abricot Commun - 11 Abricot Royal - - 12 



Abricot de Hollands 2 Abricot Violet - 9 



Abricot de St. Jean - 5 Alexandrian - 9 



Abricot de St. Jean Rouge 5 Amande Aveline '*"- - 2 



Abricot de Nancy - 8 Ansons - - .- .\,% 



Abricot Gros d" Alexandrie 5 Black ^ . , ...^ . 9 



Abricot Gros Precoce - 5 Blotched-leaved Roman - 1 



Abricot HatifMusque - 10 Blotched-leaved Turkey - 1 



Abricot Mamie - 1 Breda - - 2 



