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APRICOTS. 



MASCULINE. Pr. CAT. Mil. Foe. 



Early Masculine^ of some catalogues. 



Abricot er hatif, N. Duh. 



Abricot precoce, > q J)\x\i Roz 



Abricot hdtif musquee, ) ' * 



Abricotin, commonly in France. 



Red Masculine, of the English ? 



The fruit of this tree is small and almost round ; it is fifteen 

 to seventeen lines in its greatest diameter, is hollowed on one 

 of its sides by a longitudinal groove, extending from the base 

 to the summit, which although shallow is very apparent ; the 

 skin is a fine yellow on the shaded side, and tinged with red 

 on that exposed to the sun ; the flesh i^ light yellow, partially 

 perfumed, easily separates from the stone, the kernel of which 

 is bitter. In the climate of Paris it is at maturity the begin- 

 ning of July, which is the sole advantage it possesses, for most 

 of the other kinds are superior to it in quality. It may be 

 propagated from the stone, as well as by the other modes of 

 inoculating, &;c. In this vicinity its period of maturity is 

 the middle of July. Forsyth says this variety is chiefly es- 

 teemed in England for its tart taste. In the English catalogues 

 they enumerate a brown variety of the Masculine. 



WHITE MASCULINE Pk. cat. Lond. hoet. cat. Foe. 



Abricotier blanc. N. Duh. | Abricot P^che. N. Duh. 



In the New Duhamel it is remarked, that this variety has 

 been improperly called Abricot- Peche. In size it much re- 



