By Mr. Robert Thompson. 



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16. Turkey Apricot. 

 Syn. Turkey. Miller, Diet. No. 5. Hitt, Treatise, p. 296. 



Langley, Pom. p. 89. Forsyth, Treatise, p. 3. Hort. . 

 Soc. Cat. No. 26. 

 Large Turkey, of some Nurseries. 



Abricot de Nancy. La Bretonnerie, as quoted by Noisette, 

 Jard. Fruit, p. 3. 



Wood strong, short-jointed ; buds not particularly prominent. Leaves middle-sized, 

 dark green, rather evenly serrated, slightly concave, roundish-acuminate. Flowers of 

 the ordinary size and appearance. Fruit of a good size, very handsome, deep yellow, 

 .with a number of brownish orange-red spots, and blotches next the sun; inform nearly 

 spherical, not compressed like the Moorpark. Flesh pale yellow, firm, juicy, sweet with 

 a little acid, very rich and excellent. Stone separating freely ; in figure like that of the 

 Moorpark, but without the hole or pervious passage of that variety. Kernel quite sweet 

 like that of an almond. Ripens on a south wall about the middle of August, and in 

 other situations may be prolonged to the end of the month. 



An excellent sort not distinctly known in this country, although 

 it would appear that it has long been introduced. 



Fruits that ripen either considerably earlier or later than the ge- 

 nerality of the same class, acquire a value beyond their intrinsic merit 

 on these accounts. As an early Apricot we have now the Large 

 Early, wherein size, good flavour, and abundant bearing are com- 

 bined with precocity. As the latest Apricot, the Turkey, in quality 

 little inferior to the Moorpark, is to be recommended. The Moor- 

 park is rather a late sort, but the Turkey, even on a south aspect 

 ripens after it. Noisette in his Jardin Fruitier, mentions that 

 the Abricot Peche is commonly known by the name of Abricot de 

 Nancy, but adds that La Bretonnerie distinguishes an Abricot 

 de Nancy which has a sweet kernel. This, in all probability is the 

 Turkey, which although it bears a resemblance to the Moorpark 

 or Abricot Peche, may nevertheless be readily distinguished by its 

 sweet kernel ; that of the Moorpark being bitter. 



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