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APRICOTS. 



action of the air and cliang'es of weather, is alone 

 necessary to prevent their decomposition. 



There is another very simple way of keeping- 

 apples sound, as practised by the author. In a day 

 or two after gathering", let each apple be wiped per- 

 fectly dry, wrapped in thin white paper, and packed 

 in a box or basket, with straw^ at bottom, sides, and 

 on the top. Thus packed, they are placed in a dry, 

 airy room, where they keep extremely well. Apples 

 may be kept by art much longer than pears ; but 

 these last may be preserved for a month or two over 

 their time by jar-packing, and placing them deep in 

 the ground. 



SECT. III. 



OF THE APRICOT. 



The apricot being a native of the warmer parts of 

 central Asia, requires the warmest situations we can 

 give it in this country, to save its flowers from de- 

 struction by frost, and bring its fruit to perfection in 

 the summer. Hence it is one of our principal w^all 

 fruit ; and, as it ripens before any other requiring 

 the assistance of a wall, is highly valued. 



The different sorts of apricots hereafter to be de- 

 scribed, are propagated by budding them on stocks 

 of different kinds, of which the following are the 

 most common ; viz, — 



