172 THE FEUIT MANUAL. 



D'AMPUY.— This is a form of the Breda, and, like it, has a sweet 

 kernel. It also resembles the Alberge, from whioh it differs in the 

 former having a bitter kernel. This variety is much grown in the 

 Department of the Rhone, where it is chiefly used for comp6tes. 



ANGOUMOIS (Anjou; Rmye ; Violet). — Small, oval, flattened at 

 the apex, marked on one side with a shallow suture. Skin, clear, 

 deep yellow on the shaded side, but dark rusty brown on the side next 

 the sun. Stalk, inserted in a deep and narrow cavity. Flesh, deep 

 orange or reddish yellow, juicy and melting, separating from the 

 stone ; rich, sugary, and briskly flavoured, but, when highly ripened, 

 charged with a fine aroma. Stone, broad and ovate, impervious. 

 Kernel, sweet. 



Eipe in the end of July. The tree is of very slender growth, with 

 strong brown shining shoots. 



There seems some confusion among pomologists regarding this. Die! makes it 

 synonymous with Abricot Gros Orange, and I hare met with it in some London 

 nurseries under the name of Orange, where it caused great embarrassment by the 

 difficulty of its propagation, for the true Orauge Apricot takes freely on the stocks 

 usually employed for apricots. This, however, as Bretonnerie says, requires to be 

 budded on the almond. I quite agree with the author of the Luxemburg Cata- 

 logue in making Angoumois synonymous with Violet, the Violet of Duhamel 

 being a very similar variety, if not identical with it. It is evident it is not the 

 Prunus dasycarpa he refers to when describing the Violet, for, at page 142, t. 1, 

 he mentions Abricot Noir as being grown at Trianon, the description of which is 

 clearly that of Prunus dasycarpa. 



Ananas. See Breda. 



Ananas. See Pine Apple, 



Anjou. See Angoumois, 



Anson's. See Moorpark. 



A TROCHETS.— A variety of the Peach Apricot, which blooms 

 much later than that variety, and consequently is a better bearer, as 

 its blossoms escape the early spring frosts. It was raised at Angers 

 by M. Millet. 



AveUne. See Breda, 



BEAUGE.— A large variety of the Peach Apricot, ripening later 

 than it in the middle of September. 



BELLE DE TOULOUSE;— A very excellent late variety of the 

 Peach Apricot ; the latest of all. 



BLACK (TV^oir; Du Pape ; PurpU),— Fruit, small, about the size 

 and shape of a small Orleans plum, to which it bears some resemblance. 

 Skin, of a purple colour on the side exposed to the sun, but reddish 

 yellow on the shaded side, and covered with a delicate down. Flesh, 

 reddish yellow, adhering a little to the stone, juicy but tasteless, 



