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but though very juicy and rich, yet it is not so well flavoured. 

 It ripens about the last week in July. Said to have been raised 

 from seed by Miss Shipley of Blenheim, some years since. 



9. Almond Apricot. 

 Syn. Abricot Amandier. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 34. 



In form like the Roman Apricot. Skin pale straw-colour where shaded, with some 

 pale blotched pinkish spots next the sun. Suture very shallow. Flesh pale yellow, dry 

 with very little flavour. Stone not adhering, oval, blunt at each end. Kernel bitter. 



This was received from the Luxembourg Garden at Paris, and 

 is probably a seedling from the Abricot Commun, or what is ge- 

 nerally called the Roman, to which it bears considerable resem- 

 blance ; it is however not so good. I do not find it in any French 

 Author. It has little or no merit. 



Ripens in the end of July or beginning of August. 



10. MONTGAMET APRICOT. 



Syn. Albergier de Montgamet. Hort. Soc. Cat. No. 31. 



Leaves middle-sized, broad and rounded at the base, tapering to a point at the other 

 extremity. Serratures moderately deep. Fruit small, rather compressed, about half as 

 large again as the White Masculine, which it outwardly resembles. Suture deep. Stalk 

 deeply inserted. Skin pale clear yellow, slightly tinged with red next the sun. Flesh 

 firm, watery, juicy, but without much flavour, adhering to the stone, which is roundish, 

 and has a bitter kernel. 



This is a variety of the Albergier, and is said to have originated 

 in Touraine, where it is considered one of the best. At Paris, 

 however, it is not much esteemed. 



Said to succeed best at the place from whence it derives its 

 name, and in the environs of Tours, where the Albergiers are very 

 common ; it is chiefly used for preserving. Ripens at the end of 

 July. 



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