BREDA APRICOT.
Breda. Hort. Cat. no. 2.
Abricot de Hollande, ou Amande Aveline. Ibid. no. 44 ;
Duhamel, Traité des Arbres Fruitiers, tom. i. p. 138,
plate iv, ; and o f other French authors.
Holländische, Bredaische, oder Ananas Apricose, (Abricot
de Hollande, ou Amande Aveline). Taschenbuch, p. 338.
Die Holländische Apricose, Orange Apricose, (Abricot d’Hol-
lande, ou de Breda). Kra f t’s Pomona Austriaca, vol. i.
p. 29. tab. 57.
L’Abricot de Hollande, ou de Breda, ou Amande Aveline ;
Die Holländische, Bredaische, oder Orange Apricose, die
Hasselnussmandel. Mayer’s Pom. Pranconica, torn. i.
p . 33.
Royal Persian, Hort. Cat. no. 23.
Brussels, or Breda. Langley’s Pomona, p. 89. fig. iii. p l. xv.
The Hemskirke, Turkey, Royal, and Large
Early Apricots, already figured in the Pomological
Magazine, are of great importance, on account of
their size and rich flavour. The Breda, although not
so large as these, claims, on some other accounts,
an important rank. In regard to flavour, it is excellent
; and it may not perhaps be generally known,
that in ordinary seasons it bears remarkably well on
standards. Although the fruit is smaller, yet the
flavour is rendered so delicious as to make amends.
The Breda Apricot is stated by Miller to hav©
been so called from its having been brought from