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Bird-Cherry Kinds, the Fruit not palatable for eating. 
6 . Prunus Padus—(Pad in) or Common Bird- 1 
Cherry. 
A moderate, deciduous tree, growing fifteen or 
twenty feet high, or more—the leaves ( middling) ob- 
long-fpear-lhape, the bafe having two glands underneath; 
and dowers produced in clutters, fucceeded by {mail, 
black, round fruit, ripe in autumn; but inferior, or 
rot agreeable for eating.—Native of England and dif- 
rent parts of Europe. (Any foil, c 5 c.J 
7. Prunus <virginiana, Virginian Bird-Cherry 
Tree. 
A middling tree, growing twenty feet high, or 
mere—the leaves (middling) ovate, the bafeglandu- 
Icus in the fore part; flowers in clufters; fucceeded by 
Jargidi, red and black fruit.—Native of Virginia and 
Carolina. ( Ary common foil .) 
8. Prunus canadenfs, Canada Bird-Cherry Tree. 
A fmaller deciduous tree, with very fmooth 
branches—the leaves ( middling) broad-fpear-fhape, 
wrinkled, both tides downy; flowers in clullers, fuc¬ 
ceeded by fmatl fruit.—Native of North America. 
[Any common foil, lAc.) 
9. .Prunus Mahalel —(Mahaleb) or Perfumed 
Cherry. 
A fmall, deciduous tree—the leaves ( moderate ) 
ovate, obtufe; flowers in corymbous bunches; and 
fmall cherry-fhaped fruit.—Native of Helvetia or 
Switzerland. {Any common foil, Ac.) 
Apricot Kinds. 
10. Prunus Armeniaca —(Armeniaca) Armenian 
Apple or Apricot Tree. 
A moderate, deciduous tree, growing fifteen or 
twenty feet high—the fhoots reddifti; leaves ( middling, 
or largijh) fub-cordate, or roundifli, heart-Ih ape; 
flowers feftile or fitting clofe; and large, roundifli, 
and oval, firm, yellow fruit, ripe in the end of July, 
to the latter end of Auguft.—Native of Afia. {Loamy , 
or any good garden earth, and warm ft nation.) 
Varieties of the Fruit , ripening of the following Sizes, 
Shapes, and Colours, tJc. from July to September. 
Early Red Mafculine Apricot—a fmall, 
roundifli fruit, red next the fun, the 
VEGETABLE SYSTEM 
other fide yellowifli, not rich flavour¬ 
ed, but early ripe; the beginning or 
middle, to the end of July. 
Early White Mafculine Apricot_a 
fmall, round, wuitilh-yellow fruit; 
the middle or end of July. 
Orange Apricot—a large, roundifli, 
deep-yellow fruit; the end of July or 
beginning of Auguf. 
Roman Apricot—a large, roundifli - 
oval, yellow fruit, of a more juicy, 
rich flavour; the beginning of Auguf. 
Algiers Apricot—a large, cval-fliape 
fruit, fomewhat comprefled on the 
fides, pale-yellow; the end of July, 
beginning and middle of Auguf. 
T'urky Apricot—a more large, globular, 
deeper-yellow fruit, firm, and rich 
flavoured; the beginning of Auguf. 
Temple Apricot—a large, fine, round¬ 
ifli, yellow and reddifti fruit, firm, 
and well-flavoured; the middle of Au- 
Tranfparent Apricot—a roundifli, yel¬ 
low fruit, with a clear pulp; the mid¬ 
dle of Auguf. 
Breda Apricot — a large, roundifli, 
deep-yellow fruit; the inflde deep- 
orange colour, of a high, rich fla¬ 
vour ; the middle or end of Auguf, to 
September. 
Dunmore Breda Apricot—a large, 
roundifli, fine fruit, yellow and red¬ 
difti ; Auguf and September. 
Bruflels Apricot—a middle-fize, round- 
ilh-ova! fruit, red next the fun, ting¬ 
ed with dark fpots, the other fide 
greenifh-yellow; firm flefli, with a 
high, rich flavour; the middle or end 
of Auguf, to September. 
The Apricots, in their mature growth, 
are moftly firm-fleftied, if not too 
Tipe, and of a fine, poignant relifti; 
but if too mellow, are foft, mealy, 
and of but little flavour; fo Ihould 
generally be gathered while the fruit, 
in its mature Hate, is of a firm tex¬ 
ture. 
The above are the principal varieties of Apricots 
cultivated in the Britifh gar dens; all of which are pro¬ 
duced in plentiful crops, in favourable feafons, on 
wall-trees, principally againft fouth and well walls, 
and fome alfo on eipaliers and ftandards, in warm 
fituations ; but as being moftly of the temperature of 
peaches and nectarines, and the trees bloflommg early 
in the fpring, generally when fevere cold, or cutting 
blafts. 
