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side next the sun. Flesh, deep yellow, tender, melting, with a rich 

 sugary and musky flavour ; adhering somewhat to the stone. Stone, 

 almost round, impervious along the hack. Kernel, bitter. 

 Eipe in the beginning and middle of August. 



Precoce. See Red Masculine. 

 Precoce d'Esperen. See Large Early. 

 Precoce d'Hongrie. See Large Early. 



PEECOCE D'OELEANS.— Fruit, round; ripening at the same time 

 as Precoce d'OuUins, to which it is much inferior. 



PEECOCE D'OULLINS. — A good early apricot, quite distinct from 

 OuUins Early Peach, to which it is much inferior. The tree is a very 

 deUcate grower, 



PEOVENCE. — Fruit, small; compressed on the sides, marked with 

 a deep suture, which extends from the base to the apex, and is higher 

 on one side than the other. Skin, yellow on the shaded side, but red 

 where exposed to the sun. Flesh, yellow and melting, with a rich 

 flavour and pleasant aroma, but rather dry. Stone, rugged. Kernel, 

 sweet. 



Eipe in the end of July. The tree is a free grower, with pretty long 

 shoots, which are thickly set with triple and sometimes quadruple 

 buds. 



Purple. See Black. 



EED MASCULINE {Abricotin; Brown Masculine; Early Bed Mas- 

 culine; Fruhe Mriscateller ; Musque Hdtif; Precoce).- — Fruit, small, a 

 little over an inch in diameter; roundish, inclining to oblate, marked 

 with a suture, which is rather deep at the stalk, and becomes more 

 shallow towards the apex. Skin, bright yellow on the shaded side, 

 and deep orange spotted with dark red next the sun. Flesh, deep 

 orange, tender, and juicy, with a sweet and somewhat musky flavour, 

 separating freely from the stone. Stone, thick, obtuse at the ends, 

 and impervious along the back. Kernel, bitter. 



A very early apricot; ripe on a wall in the middle and end of July. 



This is a very old variety, being mentioned by Parkinson as early as 1629, and 

 appears to have been so well known that every subsequent writer takes notice of it. 



EOMAN {Common; Transparent). — Above medium size, oblong, 

 sides compressed. Skin, pale yellow, with rarely a few red spots next 

 the sun. Suture scarcely perceptible. Flesh, dull yellow, soft, and 

 dry, separating from the stone, and possessing a sweet and agreeable 

 acid juice, that makes it desirable for preserving. Stone, oblong, im- 

 pervious. Kernel, bitter. 



Eipe in the middle of August. 



Eouge. See Angonmois. 



