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in great Quantities, and gather'd before or after they are ripe, they are 
worth nothing. 
THE next Apricot in Order of Ripening is the Roman. Apricot, 
(Fig. BCDE, Plate XV.) which is a very great Bearet, and pleafant juicy 
Fruit, if gather'd before ’tis mealy. Next to this is the true Orange 
Apricot, which, of the two, is much the beft Fruit. But the very beft 
Sorts, are the Turkey, Bruxels ot Breda, commonly called the Brugels 
Apricot. 
THE Turkey Apricot, (Fig. . Plate XV.) is an excellent, fine, 
beautiful, pleafant-tafted Fruit, but is generally a bad Bearer, when 
over-loaded | with Branches, according to the common Method 
of nailing then. But on the contrary, when laid at the Length of 
their Leaves, as before directed, “tis a Fruit that ripens about a Month 
after the others, and continues fome Time. | 
THE Bruxel Apricot, (Fig. Il.) is alfo ripe about this Time, and 
beft on a Standard ;°’tis a very great Bearer, and the very beft of all che 
feveral Kinds of Apricots, its Pulp being always firm, with a fine brisk 
high-flavour'd Juice. “Tis beft propagated on the Mufcle-Plumb Stock, 
eithersby—Grafting_or Inoculation, and delights in a warm Soil and — 
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Situation. 
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