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WHITE IMPERIAL.— Large, yellowish white, with light purple next the 
sun; very juicy, delicate, sweet and excellent. Good bearer and val- 
uable at the North. Last of Aug. 
YELLOW MELOCOTON.— (Red Cheek.) Large, yellow with deep red 
cheek; flesh deep yellow, red at the stone, melting, juicy and rich. 
1st of Sept. 
APRICOTS. 
The Apricot is a most beautiful and delicious fruit, ripening just before 
the Plum. It is highly ornamental, both in the spring, with its luxuriance 
of early blossoms, and in the summer, with its load of golden fruit. It is 
hardier when grown upon the Plum Stock. For the Curcullo, see the 
Plum. 
BREDA. — Small, dull orange, marked with red, juicy, rich, and vinous. 
Good bearer, and hardy. 1st of Aug. 
EARLY GOLDEN. — (Dubois’s.) Small, pale orange, juicy and sweet. — 
Hardy and productive; fine orchard variety. First week in July. 
HEMSKIRKE. — Large, orange with a red cheek ; rich, juicy and sprightly; 
resembles Moorpark, somewhat smaller, but earlier. 
LARGE EARLY. — Large, orange with a red cheek, sweet, delicious, and 
excellent. Vigorous and productive. 1st of August. 
MOORPARK. — One of the largest ; orange, with a brownish red cheek, 
firm, quite juicy, with a rich high flavor. Very productive. Aug. 
PURPLE, OR BLACK APRICOT.— Small, or medium, pale red, deep 
purple in the sun, or nearly black ; sweet with a pleasant, good flavor, 
distinct from the oilier varieties ; remarkably hardy and adapted to 
the North. Ripens in August with the Breda. 
NECTARINES. 
The Nectarine resembles the Peach strongly in quality, but has the skin 
and much the appearance of the Plum. It is a very beautiful fruit. The 
cultivation and management of the tree is the same as that for the Peach. 
The tree should be shortened in annually. It is exposed to the attacks of 
the Curculio, for the treatment of which see on the Plum. 
BAKER’S SEEDLING. — Large and fine, one of the best. About 1st of 
September. 
BOSTON.— Large, bright yellow withered cheek; sweet and pleasant. 
1st of September. 
EARLY NEWINGTON. — Large, pale green, redin the sun; juicy and 
rich, with a fine flavor. 1st of September. 
VIOLET IIATIVE. — Rather large, skin pale yellowish green, purplish red 
on sunny side; flesh whitish, a little red at the stone, melting, juicy, 
high flavored. Last of August. 
ELRUGE.— Medium, pale yellow with a dark red cheek; juicy and high 
flavored. Much esteemed. 1st of September. 
HUNT’S TAWNEY. — Medium, yellow, with a red cheek ; rich, juicy and 
good. Valuable on account of its earliness. 1st of August. 
