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10. — The apricot with very large leaves and with flat- 

 tened yellow fruits of 3 cm. in length and 2.7 cm. in breadth. 

 It ripens earlier than the preceding variety. 



17. — The late apricot with large leaves and flat yellow 

 fruits of 3.7-3.9-cm. in length, 3.7-3.9 cm. in breadth, 2.5-3 

 cm. in thickness; stones of 2.3 cm. in length, 1.7 cm. in 

 breadth. The fruit ripens at the end of July. The fruits 

 are soft and sweet. 



18. — The large leaved apricot with large round flat fruits, 

 red on one side (see PL III, Fig. 10). The fruits are of 4.2 

 cm. in length, 3.8 cm. in breadth, 3.2 cm. in thickness; 

 stones of 2.5 cm. in length, 1.8 cm. in breadth. 



19. — The apricot with middle sized leaves and small 

 fruits of a reddish yellow colour of 3 cm. in length, 2.8 cm. 

 in breadth, 2.5 cm. in thickness; stones of 2 cm. in length, 

 1.5 cm. in breadth. This variety ripers at the end of July 

 or during the middle of August. 



20. — The apricot with flat fruits red on one side, of 2.8 

 cm. in length, 2.9 cm. in breadth, 2 cm. in thickness. The 

 fruits are soft and pleasant in taste. They ripen during the 

 middle of August. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 

 Plate I. 

 Fig. 1. The different forms of the leaves of the wild Manchurian 

 apricot tree (Prunus mans hur tea). 

 The fruit of the wild Manchurian apricot. 

 The stone of the wild Manchurian apricot (both sides). 

 The fruit of the wild Manchurian apricot. 

 The same fruit from the upper side. 

 The stone and fruit of the wild Manchurian apricot. 



Plate II. 

 The leaves of the common apricot tree (P. armeniaca). 

 The stone and the fruit of the apricot (No. 1). 

 The fruit of the apricot (No. 2) showing small fruits ripening; 

 on July 6th. 

 ,, 10-11. The fruit of the apricot tree (No. 3) with oblong fruits and' 



stones. 

 „ 12-13. The apricot (No. 4) with round fruits. 

 ,, 14-15. The apricot with small round fruits (No. 5). 

 ,, 16-17. The round apricot with round stones (No. 15). 



Plate III. 

 Fig. 1. The apricot (No. 6) with oblong fruit red on one side. 



,, 2. The apricot (No. 7) with roundish fruits with red and black: 

 spots on one side. 



,, 3. The apricot (No. 8) with fluted fruits. 



,, 4-5. The apricot (No. 9) with round yellow fruits. 



„ 6. The apricot (No. 10) with oblong small yellow fruits. 



„ 7. The apricot (No. 11) with oblong yellow fruits. 



„ 8. The apricot (No. 13) with flat light yellow fruits and semi- 

 transparent pericarps. 



,, 9. The apricot (No. 14) with large vellow fruits. 



„ 10. The apricot (No. 18) with large flat fruits. 



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