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ROYAL. — Large, oval, and slightly compressed. Skin, dull yellow, 

 tinged with red where exposed. Suture, shallow. Flesh, pale orange, 

 firm, juicy, rich, and vinous, separating from the stone. Stone, large 

 and oval, impervious. Kernel, bitter. An excellent apricot, and little 

 inferior to the Moorpark. 



Ripe in the beginning of August. 



Royal George. See Orange, 

 Royal Orange. See Orange. 

 Royal Peach. See Peach. 

 Royal Persian. See Orange. 



SARDINIAN {De Sardaigne). — This is a small early apricot, not 

 much larger than the Red Masculine, but equally as early, and much 

 superior in flavour to it. The skin is white, but where exposed to the 

 sun it is spotted with a few crimson spots, and sometimes has a flush 

 of red. The fruit has a deep suture on one side. The flesh is very 

 juicy, with a sprightly sweet flavour, which is very agreeable. The 

 stone is very small, not more than half an inch long, with a covered 

 channel, which is pervious. Kernel, bitter. 



The tree is a great bearer, and ripens its fruit as early as the Red 

 Masculine. 



ST. AMBROISE. — This is a large, early apricot, almost the size of, 

 and earlier than the Moorpark. It is compressed, of a deep yellow 

 colour, reddish next the sun. Flesh, juicy, rich, and sugary. 



Ripe in the middle of August, and the most prolific apricot in culti- 

 vation. 



De St. Jean. See Large Early. 



SHIPLEY'S (Blenheim). — Large, oval. Skin, deep yellow. Flesh, 

 yellow, tolerably rich and juicy. Stone, roundish and impervious. 

 Kernel, bitter. Very productive and early, but not so rich as the 

 Moorpark. 



Ripe in the end of July and beginning of August. 



It was raised by Miss Shipley, the daughter of a former gardener to the Dnke 

 of Marlborough at Blenheim. 



Sudlow's Moorpark. See Moorpark. 



TARDIVE D'ORLEANS.— This is a late variety, ripening a fort- 

 night after the Moorpark, but the tree is a bad bearer. 



Temple's. See Moorpark. 

 Transparent. See Roman. 



TRIOMPHE DE BUSSIER.— A variety of Peach Apricot which is 

 rather later than its parent. 



