A 



TREATISE 



ON THE 



CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT 



OF 



FRUIT TREES, &c. 



CHAPTER L 



OF APRICOTS* 



Different Sorts defcribcd — Planting and Heading — The Manage- 

 ment of decayed Trees— Pruning of Apricots, and how to Jlielter 

 them from Cold. 



The Apricot, we are told, came originally from Armenia, 

 whence it takes the name of Armeniaca, and was introduced 

 into this country in 1562. 



* We mall enumerate, under their refpe&ive heads, the principal forts of fruit that are 

 propagated in this country ; with the time of their ripening, as near as poffible. It is to 

 be obferved, however, that the diversity of feafons, together with that of foil and 

 fituation, will fometimes make a month of difference in the ripening of the fruit. 



B Linnseus, 



