34 ELLWANGER & BARRY’S 

SELECT APRICOTS. 

The Apricot is one of the most beautiful and delicious fruits we possess; and its 
value is greatly enhanced by the season of its ripening—between cherries and peaches. 
In a selection of choice garden fruits, it is quite indispensable. It succeeds admira- 
bly trained in Espalier form, which will be found advantageous in small gardens, as 
it may occupy a house wall, fence or trellis, leaving the open ground for other trees. 
In cold sections, too, where the trees get winter killed, or the blossoms injured by the 
late spring frosts, these Espalier trees can easily be protected by mat or board screens. 
For stiff and damp soils, they should be on plum stocks; but on light, loamy, gravelly 
and sandy soils, the peach is better. To protect against the curculio, see directions 
for the Plum. 
PRICES OF APRICOT TREES. 
On Péach stock est ee UE eae 35 cents each; $3.00 per dozen. 
On Plime sence et ee ts oe ee D059" = 5.00 aa 
Alberge de Montgamet—Medium size; very early; juicy and excellent; very 
hardy; one of the best. Ripe in July. 
Blenheim or Shipley—Medium size; juicy and good; ripens 10 or 12 days before 
the Moorpark. Very hardy. 
Breda—Small, round; duli orange, marked with red in the sun; flesh orange col- 
ored, juicy, rich and vinous; parts from the stone; kernel sweet. ‘Tree hardy 
and prolific. End of July and beginning of August. 
Canino Grosso—Large, juicy and rich; tree robust and hardy. 
De Coulange—Large, of fine quality; ripens in July. 
Early Golden (Dubois)—Small; pale orange; flesh orange, juicy and sweet. Tree 
hardy and productive. Beginning of July. 
Early Moorpark—Medium size; rich, juicy, very fine. 
Hemskerk—Large, rich and juicy. Resembles Moorpark. 
Kaisha—Medium size; fine quality; early. 
Large Early—Large; orange, with red cheek; flesh sweet, rich, excellent; parts 
from the stone. Tree vigorous and productive. Beginning of August. 
Malcolin’s Breda—A sub-variety of Breda, said to be as productive and larger. 
Moorpark—One of the largest and finest Apricots; yellow, with a red cheek; flesh 
orange, sweet, juicy and rich; parts from the stone; very productive. 
Orange— Medium size; orange, with ruddy cheek; flesh rather dry; requires ripen- 
ing in the house; adheres slightly to the stone. End of July. 
Peach—Very large, handsome, rich and juicy; one of the best. 
Purple, or Black Apricot—This is quite distinct in all respects from others, 
very much like a plum; small, pale red, purple in the sun; fiesh yellow, juicy 
and pleasant. The tree has slender, dark shoots, and small, oval glossy foliage. 
It is as hardy as a plum, and therefore worthy of attention where the finest sorts 
are too tender. August. 
Red Masculine—Small, but one of the earliest to ripen. 
Sardinian—Small, rich, but not juicy; the earliest. 
St. Ambroise—One of the largest and finest Apricots, ripening about same time as 
Large Early. 
Turkey— Large, rich, fine, a little later than Moorpark. 
