See also:

• APRICOT (from the Lat. praecox, or praecoquus, ripened early, coquere, to cook, or ripen; the English form, formerly " apricock " and " abrecox," comes through the Fr. abricot, from the Span. albaricoque, which was an adaptation of the Arabic al-burquk, i

APRICOT (from the See also:

• LAT

Lat. praecox, or praecoquus, ripened See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early, coquere, to See also:

• COOK
• COOK, ALBERT STANBURROUGH (1853– )
• COOK, EDWARD DUTTON (1829–1883)
• COOK, ELIZA (1818–1889)
• COOK, JAMES (1728-1779)
• COOK, THOMAS (1808-1892)

cook, or ripen; the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, formerly " apricock " and " abrecox," comes through the Fr. abricot, from the Span. albaricoque, which was an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the Arabic al-burquk, i  tself a rendering of the See also:

• LATE

late Gr . 7rpeK6KKta or apcoKOKCOV, adapted from the Latin; the derivation from in aprico coctus is a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere guess), the See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit of Prunus armeniaca, also called Armeniaca vulgaris . Under the former name it is regarded as a See also:

• SPECIES

species of the genus to which the plums belong, the latter establishes it as a distinct genus of the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• ROSACEAE

Rosaceae . The See also:

• APRICOT (from the Lat. praecox, or praecoquus, ripened early, coquere, to cook, or ripen; the English form, formerly " apricock " and " abrecox," comes through the Fr. abricot, from the Span. albaricoque, which was an adaptation of the Arabic al-burquk, i

apricot is, like the See also:

• PLUM

plum, a See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone fruit, cultivated generally throughout temperate regions, and used chiefly in the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of preserves and in tarts . The See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree has See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long been cultivated in See also:

• ARMENIA (old Persian Armina, Armenian Hayasdan, or Hayq)

Armenia (hence the name Armeniaca); it is a native of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• CHINA

China and other parts of temperate See also:

• ASIA

Asia . It See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in the See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, and is a See also:

• HARDY, ALEXANDRE (1569?-1631)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS DUFFUS (1804-1878)
• HARDY, SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN
• HARDY, THOMAS (1840- )

hardy tree, but the fruit will scarcely ripen in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain unless the tree is trained against a See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall . A See also:

• GREAT

great number of varieties of the apricot, as of most cultivated fruits, are distinguished by cultivators . The kernels of several varieties are edible, and in See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt those of the Musch-Musch variety form a considerable See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce . The See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French liqueur Eau de noyaux is prepared from See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter apricot kernels . Large quantities of fruit are imported from See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France into the See also:

• UNITED

United See also:

• KINGDOM

Kingdom . The apricot is propagated by budding on the See also:

• MUSSEL (0. Eng. muscle, Lat. musculus, diminutive of mus, mouse, applied to small sea fish and mussels)

mussel or See also:

• COMMON

common plum stock . The tree succeeds in See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good well-drained loamy See also:

• SOIL

soil, rather See also:

• LIGHT

light than heavy .

It is usually grown as a wall tree, the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east and See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west aspects being preferred to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, which induces mealiness in the fruit, though in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland the best aspects are necessary . The'most usual and best mode of training is the See also:

• FAN (Lat. vannus; Fr. eventail)

fan method . The fruit is produced on shoots of the preceding See also:

• YEAR

year, and on small See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close spurs formed on the two-year-old See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood . The trees should be planted about 20 ft. apart . The summer pruning should begin early in See also:

• JUNE

June, at which See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period all the irregular fore-right and useless shoots are pinched off; and, shortly afterwards, those which remain are fastened to the wall . At the See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter pruning all branches not duly furnished with spurs and fruit buds are removed . The See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young bearing shoots are moderately pruned at the points, care being, however, taken to leave a terminal shoot or See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader to each See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch . The most common See also:

• ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error in the pruning of apricots is laying in the bearing shoots too thickly; the branches naturally diverge in fan training, and when they extend so as to be about 15 in. apart, a fresh branch should be laid in, to be again subdivided as required . The blossoms of the apricot open early in See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, but are more hardy than those of thepeach; the same means of See also:

• PROTECTION

protection when necessary may be employed for both . If the fruit sets too numerously, it is thinned out in June and in the beginning of See also:

• JULY

July, the later thinnings being used for tarts . In the south of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, where the soil is suitable, the hardier sorts of apricot, as the See also:

• BREDA

Breda and See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear well as See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard trees in favourable seasons . In such cases the trees may be planted from 20 to 25 ft. apart .

The ripening of the fruit of the apricot is accelerated by culture under See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass, the trees being either planted out like peaches or grown in pots on the See also:

• ORCHARD (O. Eng. ort-geard, later orceard; a combination apparently of Lat. hortus, garden, and " yard " or " Barth ")

orchard-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house See also:

• SYSTEM

system . They must be very gently excited, since they naturally See also:

• BLOOM (from A.S. bloma, a flower)

bloom when the spring temperature is comparatively See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low . At first a maximum of 400 only must be permitted; after two or three See also:

• WEEKS, EDWIN LORD (1849-1903)

weeks it may be raised to 45°, and later on to 5o° and 55°, and thus continued till the trees are in See also:

• FLOWER (Lat. flos, floris; Fr. fleur)
• FLOWER, SIB

flower, See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air being freely admitted, and the minimum or See also:

• NIGHT

night temperature ranging from 40° to 45° . After the fruit is set the temperature should be gradually raised, being kept higher in clear See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather than in dull . When the fruit has stoned, the temperature may be raised to 6o° or 65° by See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day and 6o° by night; and for ripening off it may be allowed to reach 70° or 8o° by See also:

• SUN
• SUN (0. Eng. sonne, Ger. sonne. Fr. soleil, Lat. sol, Gr. ijXior, from which comes helio- in various English compounds)

sun See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat . The Moorpark is one of the best and most useful sorts in cultivation, and should be planted for all See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general purposes; the See also:

• PEACH
• PEACH, CHARLES WILLIAM (1800-1886)

Peach is a very similar variety, not quite identical; and the Hemskerk is also similar, but hardier . The Large Early, which ripens in the end of July and beginning of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, and the Kaisha, a sweet-kernelled variety, which ripens in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle of August, are also to be recommended . For standard trees in favourable localities the Breda and Brussels may be added .