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FRUIT TREES. 



A selection of the most desirable apricots for culti- 

 vation in England : — 



Moorpark Apricot, ripe beginning of September. The best bearer 



and most desirable for general cultivation. 

 Roman Apricot, an excellent bearer when the tree gets a little 



aged, or arrives at maturity ; ripens about the middle of August. 

 Orange Apricot, ripens in August. 



Hemskirke Apricot, ripe about the second week in August. | 



The above apricots succeed well on a wall on any 

 intermediate aspect from east to west. 



[The apricot is one of our principal English wall 

 fruits, as it comes into bearing earlier, and ripens its 

 fruit more quickly than any other tree that requires 

 the assistance of a wall. It will not ripen its fruit even 

 in the south of England (to depend upon for a crop) 

 either as an espalier or a standard. It requires the best 

 situation against a wall, especially in the midland and 

 more northern parts of England. The different kinds 

 of apricots are propagated by budding^ in July or 

 August, on plum stocks, two of the best of which are 

 the Muscle plum and the Brussels plum ; the first is 

 more generally used. — Ed.] 



PRUNING AND MANAGEMENT. 



The apricot, as before stated, is best cultivated as a 

 standard, where the climate or situation is such as to 

 insure the preservation of its fruit from the frosts of 

 early spring. In the fruit-garden it may be trained 

 in the goblet form, or better as an espalier. The form 

 may be Verrier pahnette, or simple oblique cordon. 

 Choose the best and most sheltered situation in the 



