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yellow; stalk one inch long, inserted in tlesh_y ring in narrow sliallow 

 cavity. Flesh yellow, juicy, rich, quality good; clingstone. Tree 

 very hard}- and a regular liearer. Russia. 



Yellow Egg {}yhite Mayiiuni Bmniiii, Wliilc Ei/g). — ^'ery large, 

 oval, narrowing at both ends, with an approach to pyriforni at the top; 

 color yellow when ripic, with tliin "\\'hite liloom and numerous uhitc 

 dots; stem an inch long, stout, inserted at top of fruit in folded border; 

 sutiu'e well defined. Flesh yellow, sweet when ripe; quality b.arely 

 good. Use, kitchen and market. I^ocally, seedling ^•arieties are grown 

 quite similar in size and quality. Domestiea. 



Yellow Gage {Pri)icc'>: Yellow (Jagi). — !\ledium to large, oval, 

 broadest at upper end; Ciilor golden yellow, clouded, and covered with 

 thick white bloom; stalk one inch long, in small round cavity. Flesh 

 j-ellow, rich, melting; [lit free. L)omestiea. Long I~lanil. 



Yellow Moldavka. — Large, piear-^tiapied, with well-defined neck; color 

 bright yellow; suture distinct, terminating at the rounded ai)ex ; stalk 

 one inch long, stout, inserted a.t to]i of the neck. Flesh yellow, fine- 

 grained, juiev, subacid; <juality nearly best ; pit narrow and one and 

 a quarter inches long, free from tlesh. Russia. 



THE APPJCT)?. 



Section Xo. 1S4 of Part I ti'Us of the (tose relation of this l)eauti- 

 ful and excellent fruit to the Plum and Peach, and something of its his- 

 torv and possible inipr(.)vement, and Section 14'..l discusses the pruning 

 of the Apricot and Peach. 



The fruit riijens after the early cherries and prior to the i)lums and 

 peaches, and it is a handsome and delicious fruit, only inferior to the 

 best peaches; and as Downuig says: "In the fr\iit-garden it is a highly 

 attractive object in early spring, as its cli mning llowers are the first 

 to expand. P forms a. fine --preading tiee al)0ut twenty fc't in 

 height, and is hardy enough to bear as an open standard south of the 

 forty-second degree of latitude in this coimtry." 



The cultivated varieties are developed from PriiiiiiK Aniiriiuirn of 

 East Europe. The .Japanese Apricot [PriDiiix Mujiir) is cultivated 

 mainly for its flowers, and tlie ])lum-lila' Plack Apricot (Pniinis 

 dnsycarpn) lia--. no \-arictics ilc^irable for dessert or enbnar\- use, 

 mainly on account of its fuzzy -kin and also f\izzy pit. Tlie ciilti- 



