THE APRICOT. 239 
where it was cultivated more than one hundred and forty'yeara 
ago. It is only a moderate bearer here, and especially requires the 
shortening-in mode of pruning as recommended tor the peach. 
Fruit large, roundish, about two inches and a quarter in dia- 
meter each way, on a standard tree; rather larger on one side 
of the suture than the other. Skin orange in the shade, but 
deep orange or brownish red in the sun, marked with numerous 
dark specks and dots. Flesh quite firm, bright orange, parting 
free from the stone, quite juicy, with a rich and luscious fla- 
vour. Stone peculiarly perforated along the back, where a pin 
may be pushed through, nearly from one end to the other. 
Kernel-bitter. Ripe early in August. 
Muscu-Muscu. Thomp. Nois. #* 
D’Alexandrie. 
This delicious little Apricot takes its name from the city of 
Musch on the frontiers of Turkey in Asia; but it is also com- 
mon about Aléxandria, ‘and in northern Egypt it is said to be 
raised in such abundance that the dried fruit is an article of 
commerce. The tree is rather delicate, and requires a sheltered 
position. ; 
Fruit rather small, about an- inch and a half in diameter, 
round. Skin deep yellow, with a little orange red on the sunny 
side. Flesh yellow, with a transparent pulp, tender, melting, 
and very sweet. Kernel sweet. 
OnancE. Thomp. Lind. Mill. 
Early Orange. Persian. 
s Royal Orange. Royal Persian. 
Royal George. 
An Apricot of only tolerable quality for the dessert, but it is” 
much esteemed by many for preserving; and it makes delicious 
tarts, even before the fruit begins to acquire colour. 
Fruit of medium size, roundish, with a well marked suture, 
deeply hollowed near the stalk. Skin firm, orange, sometimes 
tinged with a ruddy tint in the,sun, Flesh dark orange, mode- 
“rately juicy, but often rather dry and insipid, (unless ripened in, 
the house,) not separating entirely from the flesh. Stone small, 
roundish. Kernel sweet. Middle of July. « 
Pzacn. Thomp. Fors. Lind. 
Anson’s Imperial. Royal Peach. 
Péche. Abricot Péche. WN. Duh. Pott 
De Nancy. 0. Duk. Du Luxembourg. 
Péche Grosse. Wurtemburg. 
Pfirsiche: . 
_ The Peach Apricot, originally from Piedmont, has long been 
