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Moor Park, or Park. Size, 1 ; color, orange in shade, 

 deep orange in sun; form, roundish; flesh, firm, brown 

 orange, juicy, rich, luscious ; freestone ; season, July. 



Eemarks. — An old, well known, fine English variety. 



"We merely give the names ofthe following, as they are 

 so little cultivated here: — Burlington, Brown's Early, 

 Kaisha, Large Eod, Musch, Eoman, Eoyal, Shipley, Sha- 

 ker Para, Turkey. 



From Report of E. Buchanan, A. H. Ernst, and J. A. 



Warder, to the American Pomological Society. 



APEICOTS. 



" Apricots hear, in sheltered situations, one out of three 

 years. The tree flowers too early for this climate ; but 

 on walls, and in protected positions it succeeds pretty 

 well. This fruit, like the nectarine, is only cultivated in 

 amateur gardens. 



" The favorite varieties are, the Breda, Large Early, 

 Moorpark." 



These varieties are recommended as best suited to the 

 locality of Cincinnati. 



The north sides of hills and buildings are best for apri- 

 cots, to retard their blossoming, and thus tend to save 

 the fruit from Spring frosts. In 1855, our great fruit year, 

 apricots were abundant in our stalls, in Cincinnati. They 

 were, chiefly, the Early Golden , and a few of one or two 

 other kinds. 



The apricot is almost always budded in the plum stock. 

 Seedling apricots are usually more hardy and productive 

 iTere than the finest grafted sorts. 



