. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. APPLESEED APRICOT 79. Apricot leaves. P. Mume on left; P. Armenlaca on right. New Testament he read aloud in many frontier log cabins. He had many peculiarities, but was always welcomed and respected everywhere. In the war of 1812 he saved many lives by warning the settlers of Hull's surrender and the approach
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. APPLESEED APRICOT 79. Apricot leaves. P. Mume on left; P. Armenlaca on right. New Testament he read aloud in many frontier log cabins. He had many peculiarities, but was always welcomed and respected everywhere. In the war of 1812 he saved many lives by warning the settlers of Hull's surrender and the approach oE the Indians. He lived to see trees bearing fruit over a territory of 100,000 acres. The story o£ this self-sacriflcing and useful man is told by W. D. Haley in Harper's, 43:830-836(1871). W. M. APEICOT, SosAcem. The apricot is a fruit some- what intermediate between the peach and the plum. The tree is a round-headed, spreading grower, with dark, somewhat peach-like bark, and very broad or al- most circular leaves. The fruit, which generally ripens in advance of both the peach and plum, is peach-like in shape and color, with a smoother skin, rich, yellow flesh and large, flat, smooth stone. The flesh is commonly less juicy than that of the peach, and, as a rule, perhaps, of higher quality. The apricots are of three species, all probably native of China or Japan. The common apricot of Europe and America is Prumi-s Armeni- aca : fr. variable, but smooth at maturity, red or yellow, the sweet and firm flesh free, or very nearly so, from the large, smooth, flat stone : tree with a round, spread- ing top, and a reddish, cherry-like or peach-like bark: lvs.(Fig. 113, right) ovate or round-ovate, with a short point and, sometimes a heart-shaped base, thin and bright green, smooth, or very nearly so below, as are the gland-bearing stalks, the margins rather obtusely and mostly finely serrate : fls. pink-white and borne singly, sessile or very nearly so, preceding the leaves (Fig. 116
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