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THE APRICOT. 



MOORPARK. 



Anson's. Oldaker's Moorpark. Dunmore. 



Walton Moorpark. Dunm ore's Breda. Temple's. 



Sudlow's Moorpark. De Nancy. Hunt's Moorpark. 



This fine variety is the most popular and widely disseminated in this 

 country, except the Breda. It has its name from Moorpark, the seat of 

 Sir William Temple, in England, where it was cultivated more than one 

 hundred and forty years ago. It is only a moderate bearer here, and 

 especially requires the shortening-in mode of pruning, as recommended 

 for the peach. 



Fruit large, roundish, about two inches and a quarter in diameter 

 each way, on a standard tree ; rather large on one side of the suture 

 than the other. Skin orange in the shade, but deep orange or brownish 

 red in the sun, marked with numerous dark specks and dots. Flesh 

 quite firm, blight orange, parting free from the stone, quite juicy, with 

 a rich and luscious flavor. Stone peculiarly perforated along the back, 

 where a pin may be pushed through nearly from one end to the other. 

 Kernel bitter. Ripe early in August. 



Musch-Musch. 

 D'Alexandrie. 



This delicious little Apricot takes its name from the city of Musch, 

 on the frontiers of Turkey in Asia ; but it is also common about Alex- 

 andria, and in northern Egypt it is said to be raised in such abundance 

 that the dried fruit is an article of commerce. The tree is rather deli- 

 cate, and requires a sheltered position. 



Fruit rather small, about an inch and a half in diameter, round. 

 Skin deep yellow, with a little orange red on the sunny side. Flesh 

 yellow, with a translucent pulp, tender, melting, and very sweet. Ker- 

 nel sweet. 



Newhall's Early. 



Origin, Lynn, Mass. 



Fruit medium, short oval, bright orange, deep red cheek, tender, 

 juicy, rich delicious flavor. Clingstone. Last July. Early August. 

 (Cole.) 



Orange. 



Early Orange. Persian. Koyal George. 



Royal Orange. Royal Persian. 



An Apricot of only tolerable quality for the dessert, but it is much 

 esteemed by many for preserving ; and it makes delicious tarts, even 

 before the fruit begins to acquire color. 



Fruit of medium size, roundish, with a well-marked suture, deeply 

 hollowed near the stalk. Skin firm, orange, sometimes tinged with a 

 ruddy tint in the sun. Flesh dark orange, moderately juicy, but often 

 rather dry and insipid (unless ripened in the house), not separating en- 

 tirely from the flesh. Stone small, roundish. Kernel sweet. Middle 

 of July. 



