APKICOTS. 171 



B. KERNELS SWEET. 



Jl. Freestones, 



D'Ampuy 

 Angoumois 

 Breda 

 Eaisha 

 Musch Hnscb 



Turkey 

 Provence 



B. Clingstones. 

 Orange 



Abricotin. See Bed Masculine. 



ALBEEGE. — ^Fruit, small and flattened, narrower at the apex than 

 at the base, and marked on one side with a very shallow suture. Skin, 

 often thick and rough to the feel ; greenish on the shaded side, but 

 deep yellow where exposed to the sun, and marked with reddish spots. 

 Stalk, inserted in a deep and narrow cavity. Flesh, deep orange, ad- 

 hering somewhat to the stone, firm, vinous, and perfumed with an 

 admixture of brisk acidity. Stone, large and flat. Kernel, bitter. 



This is generally used for drying and preserving. It is ripe ia the 

 end of August. The tree of this variety is the largest and most 

 vigorous grower of all the apricots, and bears abundantly. It is 

 raised from seed, and is used in France as a stock on which to bud the 

 other varieties ; and hence there are many varieties of the Alberge, one 

 of which has a sweet kernel, and is called Alberge Aveline. 



Alberge de Montgamet. See Montgamet. 

 D'Alexandrie. See Miisch Musch. 



ALGIEE. — The Algier Apricot is one of the earliest recorded 

 varieties known in this country. It is mentioned by Parkinson, Eay, 

 MiUer, and Forsyth, but there is no record of it by any other English 

 authors except Meager, who enumerates it in the list of varieties culti- 

 vated in the Brompton Park Nursery in 1690. What this variety was 

 it is difficult now to determine. Mr. Thompson referred it to the 

 Portugal, and as the meagre description we have of it by Miller and 

 Forsyth accords very much with that variety, there is every reason to 

 conclude that Mr. Thompson was correct. Parkinson's account of it 

 is : " The Algier Apricoeke is a smaller fruit than any of the other, 

 and yellow, but as sweete and delicate as any of them, having a blackish 

 stone within it httle bigger than a Lacure [Black Heart] cherry-stone. 

 This, with many other sorts, John Tradescante brought with him 

 returning from the Algier voyage, whither he went voluntary with the 

 Fleete that went against the Pyrates in the yeare 1620." 



ALSACE. — This is a variety of the Moorpark, and is of a very large 

 size, with a rich and juicy flavour ; and the tree, unlike the others of 

 the race, is vigorous and hardy, and does not die off in branches as 

 the Moorpark does. 



Amande Aveline. See Breda. 



