THE APRICOT 29 



Early Moorpark. — An early variety of this esteemed apricot. Fruit rather smaller 

 than Moorpark ; flavour rich and sweet. 



Frogmore Early. — A good pale golden variety, of large size and excellent flavour. 

 Flavour sweet and luscious. F.C.C. 



Grosse PfecHE (Large Peach).— A large and handsome fruit, deep orange, marbled 

 with a darker colour, and sometimes with chocolate spots. Very juicy, rich, and sweet. 

 Perhaps the best grown. 



Hemskerk. — A robust variety of Moorpark, and one of the most reliable. 



Kaisha or Syrian. — Fruit rather small, but very freely produced. The flavour is 

 very sugary and delicious ; growth sturdy. 



Large Early or New Large Early. — Fruit large, rather pale in colour. A very 

 hardy free bearer of vigorous growth. It is the first to ripen. 



Moorpark. — Fruit large, deep golden orange, with darker mottlings. Flesh melting, 

 very juicy and rich, and of delicious flavour. One of the best. 



OULLlN's Early Peach. — Fruit small but freely produced. When fully ripened 

 the sweetest. 



PRi;C0CE DE Boulbon. — A new large, early variety, quite an acquisition. Growth 

 free and sturdy. 



Shipley's or Blenheim. — An excellent variety, large and handsome. It may best 

 be described as an early Moorpark, as it ripens twelve days before this. Fruit of first- 

 class flavour, and the branches of the tree are less liable to premature decay than others. 



Banana, The (see p. 211). 



