THE APRICOT. 
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Red Masculine. Thomp. Lind. 
Early Masculine. 
Brown Masculine. 
Abricotier. 
Apricot Precoce, ) 
Apricot hatif Musquee. ) 
Abricotier hatif. N. Duh. 
Friilie Muscateher. 
0. Duh. 
A small early sort, hardy, very productive, of tolerable fla- 
vour, but not rich, growth upright, slender. 
Fruit small and nearly round, scarcely an inch and a half in 
diameter, with a well marked suture on one side. Skin bright 
yellow, tinged with deep orange and spotted with dark red on 
the sunny side. Flesh yellow, juicy, with a slightly musky, 
pleasant flavour. Stone thick, obtuse at the ends. Flowers 
smaller than in most other sorts. Kernel bitter. Ripe about 
the 12th of July. 
Ringold. 
Raised by Mr. Commack, Athens, Ga. 
Fruit large, roundish, a little oblong, suture slight. Skin 
light orange, darker in the sun, where it is beautifully dotted 
with carmine. Flesh deep yellow, juicy and excellent. Ripens 
just after the orange, hardy and productive. (Wm. N. White, 
Shipley’s. Thomp. 
Blenheim. Shipley’s Large. 
A very good early variety, of small or medium size, of vigor 
ous but rather slender growth. 
Fruit medium, oval, orange, with a deep yellow, juicy, and tole 
rably rich flesh. Stone roundish, impervious, with a bitter ker 
nel. Ripens here about the 25th of July. 
Texas. 
Originated with Dr. M. A. Ward, Athens, Ga. 
Fruit small, round, colour dark maroon, darker in the sun. 
Suture slight, a mere line. Flesh juicy and pleasant, except at 
the stone, where it is astringent. Adheres to the stone. (W. 
N. White, MS.) 
Turkey. Thomp. P. Mag. Lind. 
Large Turkey. De Nanoy, (of some.) 
The Turkey Apricot is a flne old variety, which is seldom 
seen in our gardens, the sort generally sold under this name be- 
ing the Roman. It is quite a late sort, ripening after the Moor- 
park, from which it is easily known by its impervious stone, and 
sweet kernel. 
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