DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF FRUITS. 31 



SELECT APRICOTS. 



This valuable fruit succeeds as well in this region as in any part of the Union. 



Price — 25 to 35 cents each. 

 Alsace, very large, rich and juicy, of the Moorpark family, the largest of that 



race, tree robust. 

 Blenheim or Shipley, medium size, juicy and excellent, ripens about ten days 



after Moorpark ; tree very hardy. 

 Breda, small, round, orange, marked with red in the sun, juicy, rich and 



vinous; tree hardy and productive. Middle of July. 

 Blanchet. (new,) large, ovate, deep oranee red, flesh fine, melting, perfumed; 



very tine, good, and very early. End of June. 

 Earlv Golden, (Dubois.) small, pale orange, flesh juicy and sweet; tree very 



hardy and prolific. Beginning of July. 

 Gloire de Pourtales, (new,) medium, fine shape, fine color, very juicy and 



excellent; tree vigorous and a good bearer. July. 

 Golden Drop, (Kiver's,) new, small, bright orange and crimson, melting, with 



a delicious flavor ; tree vigorous and prolific. Beginnirg of July. 

 Hermskirke. large, rich and juicy, very nearly allied to the Moorpark ; tree 



more hardy. 

 Jamucett large and fine ; late in ripening, very vigorous. 

 Kaisha medium size, juicy, sweet and agreeable, flesh transparent, early orange 



with a red cheek. 

 Large Early, large, orange with a red cheek, flesh juicy, sweet and rich; tree 



vigorous and prolific. Middle of July. 

 Moorpark, largest size, yellow with a red cheek, juicy, rich and excellent ; one 



of the best ; very productive. 

 Musch Mu>ch, smalf, juicy and agreeable, flesh transparent; a very nice early 



apricot. 

 Orange, medium size, orange with a red cheek ; tree hardy and productive. 



Middle of July. 

 OuUin's Early Peach, large, juicy, rich and excellent ; very early and fine. 

 Peach or Grosse Peche, very large, rich, juicy and excellent; one of the finest 



apricots. 

 Pine Apple, (Ananas of the Dutch,) a variety of the Large Early ; a very large 



and distinct variety, rich and juicy. 

 Precoce de Montplai.sir, large, deep orange with russet spots, flesh red, very- 

 good. The earliest of all the large apricots; very valuable. 

 Royal, large, rich and juicy an excellent hardy sort. ^Middle of August. 

 Schiraz, (new,) a very fine apricot. 

 Syrian, (new.) very rich and fine. 

 St. Ambroise, large, juicy and agreeable; ripens a few days after the Large 



Early, and is one of the fine.st apricots. 

 Tardive d'Orleans. large, juicy and good. Beginning of August. 

 Viard. large, rich, juicy and excellent ; an early variety of the peach apricot; 



tree hardy. 



SELECT NECTAPvINES. 



This very delicious fruit is extremely liable to the attacks of the curculio. 

 It is nothing more than a variety of peach with smooth skin. 



Price— 25 cents each, 



Balgowan, fruit very large, pale green, mottled with red, bright red on sunny 



side, melting, rich and fine Beginning of August. 

 Boston, large, bright yellow, with a red cheek, flesh sweet and rich, freestone. 



End of Sept, 



