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is a waxy white that yellows slightly toward the opposite side. The latter turns a light 

 reddish-brown when exposed to the sun. The fruit that ripens under the leaves remains 

 completely white. 



The flesh is refined & delicate. It's white on the shaded side; on the other side it 

 turns to a yellow that isn't quite as light as the skin. 



The juice is plentiful, mild, not very flavorful; it tastes a little like a peach of 

 average quality. 



The pit clings to the flesh. It's eight lignes wide, seven lignes long, and six lignes 

 thick. It's short, almost equally blunt at both ends, so it's elliptical around its diameter. 

 The more enlarged side is edged with a very sharp ridge, along with two (sometimes 

 four) others that are less prominent. The kernel is bitter. 



It ripens together with, & frequently before, the musky apricot. 



This apricot tree is cultivated more for its fruitfulness & its early ripening than for 

 the quality of its fruit, that during cold & damp years rots on the tree instead of ripening. 



III. Common APRICOT TREE, large fruit. 



Large fruit APRICOT TREE, bitter kernel, Inst. 



Common APRICOT. (PL II.) 



The common apricot is very productive & grows to be the tallest of the apricot 



trees. 



Its strong & vigorous shoots are red on the side toward the sun, green on the 

 opposite side. 



The buds are long, pointed, triple, & often more numerous than that at each node. 



The leaves are large, a beautiful green, and quite deeply dentate. They are about 

 four inches wide and equally long. 



