By Mr. Robert Thompson. 



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this is only a variety, the principal difference being expressed by 

 its name. The leaves are blotched with a pale yellow, or golden 

 colour. In this respect, however, they vary in different seasons, 

 and in different soils and situations, so that often most of the 

 leaves on the tree are entirely green, and such as are not so, but 

 very little variegated. 



In Noisette's Manuel, there is an account of an Abricot Peche 

 a feuilles marbrees de blanc ; but no Abricot Peche or Moorpark 

 has yet been observed in England with variegated leaves. 



6. Royal Apricot. 

 Syn. Royal. Pom. Mag. 1, t. 2. 



Abricot Royal. Bon Jard. 1827, p. 288. Noisette 

 Manuel, 2, p. 490. Baumann, Taschenbuch, p. 387. 

 Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 50. 



Wood strong, rather longer jointed than in the Moorpark ; when mature, closely 

 marked with pale transverse specks, appearing through the opening of the epidermis. 

 Leaves very large, roundish, cordate or ovate, in some degree cucullate, generally auri- 

 cled at the base. Flowers of the ordinary size. Fruit about the size of the Moorpark, 

 rather oval, somewhat compressed, of a dull yellow, slightly coloured with red in 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, hi nut at 

 each end, with scarcely any passage in the edge. Kernel slightly bitter, but less so than 

 in the Moorpark. 



This valuable sort was raised in the Royal Garden of the Luxem- 

 bourg, whence a plant was sent to the Society by M. Hervy, the 

 Director. It fruited in the Garden in 1828, and was then figured 

 in the Pomological Magazine. This sort lias been found to pos- 

 sess the high degree of merit hitherto ascribed to it, even although 

 the seasons have been rather unfavourable. Its excellence will be 

 sufficiently understood, when it is mentioned as being difficult to 

 determine whether it or the Moorpark is the best. The latter 

 sort is liable to die off by limbs, especially in very hot summers 



