APRICOTS. 



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superior to the Moorpark, their Abricot Peche, and with some 

 justice. It ripens from a week to ten days before that kind, 

 possesses all its good qualities, and is less subject to be imper- 

 fectly matured on one side. Its flesh when bruised becomes 

 transparent. It may be readily distinguished from the Moor- 

 park, not only by these characters, but also by the passage in 

 the edge of its stone being scarcely pervious, by its form being 

 less compressed, and by its not acquiring ihe size of the Moor- 

 park. 



" Raised a few years since in the Royal Garden of the 

 Luxembourg, whence a plant was sent to the London Horti- 

 cultural Society, by M. Hervy, the director. 



" Wood strong, rather longer jointed than the Moorpark — 

 when ripe, closely marked with pale transverse specks, ap- 

 pearing through the openings of the epidermis ; leaves very- 

 large, roundish-cordate or ovate, in some degree cucullate, 

 generally auricled at the base, petiole with about six equidis- 

 tant glands, a character, however, which is too variable to be 

 of importance in apricots ; flowers of the ordinary size ; fruit 

 next in size to the Moorpark, rather oval, slightly compressed, 

 of a dull yellow, shghtly coloured with red on a small space ; 

 suture shallow ; flesh pale orange, very firm, juicy, sweet, and 

 high flavoured, with a slight degree of acidity ; stone large, 

 oval, not adhering to the flesh, blunt at each end, with scarcely 

 any passage on the edge ; kernel slightly bitter, much less so 

 than the Moorpark." 



ORANGE. Pr. cat. Mil. Foe. Lond. hort. cat. 

 Early Orange. 



This variety is of rather large size, but somewhat dry and 

 insipid, except the exposition be a warm and favourable one, and 

 on this account it is deemed more suitable for tarts and pre- 

 serves than for the table, and no tarts are more exquisite than 

 those made from the fruits of this class, which far surpass those 

 made of green rhubarb, gooseberries, &£c. The colour is a 



