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called in Provence, Abricot d'Alexandrie, that it has not originated 

 in France. It was received into the Garden from Messrs. Aum- 

 bert at Tarascon, and from M. De Candolle of Geneva. 



Ripens about the middle of July in this country. In France it 

 ripens about Midsummer, whence its name of Abricot de St. Jean. 

 In general appearance it is much like a Roman Apricot, but its 

 quality is better, and it precedes it by a fortnight ; it is also more 

 compressed and elongated. Its culture and fertility are not dif- 

 ferent from the generality of the same class of fruit. 



4. Roman Apricot. 

 Syn. Roman. Langley, Pom. p. 89, t. 15, f. 4. Miller, Diet. 



No. 4. Forsyth, Treatise, p. 3. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 No. 19. Pom. Mag. t 13. 

 Roman or Common. Switzer, Fruit Gardener, p. 100. 

 Common. Forsyth, Treatise, p. 5. 



Abricot Commun. Duhamel, Arhres Fruitiers, 1, p. 135, 

 t. 2. Noisette, Jarcl. Fruit, p. 2, t. 1. Hort. Soc. Cat. 

 No. 40. 



Gemeine Apricose. Kraft, Pom. Austr. 1, p. 31. Siclder, 

 Teutsche Obstg. 6, p. 313. Christ, Pomol. Handw. 

 p. 646. Baumann, Taschenbuch, p. 389. 



Grosse Gemeine Apricose. Mayer, Pom. Franc. 1, p. 31, 

 t. 3. 



Brussels Apricot, ^| 



Turkey Apricot, j # SOme Collecttons - 



Wood very smooth, rather short-jointed, reddish brown, when young not much 

 speckled, but becoming conspicuously so when older. Buds prominent. Leaves large 

 and broad, cordate, irregularly crenated, between flat and concave : petioles about an 

 inch and half long, brownish, with a few sessile globose glands. Flowers of the ordinary 

 size and appearance. Fruit middle-sized, or rather large, dull straw-colour, with a little 

 dotting on the sunny side of orange or red, but in such small quantity that the skin has 

 always a pallid appearance ; in form slightly compressed, inclining to oval, with a shallow 

 suture, through which the fruit can l>e readily, when ripe, separated in two halves by a 



