2 MARCH 1907, Page 17

THE DERIVATION OF "APRICOT."

(To ins Simon OP THE “Srsor/roo.'J

SIE,—Surely apricot has nothinc, to do with either "pine" or " coque" (see Spectator, January'26th, p.134),—French abricot, Spanish albaricoque, Arabia at barkok, " plume," in general. The species apricot is known in Morocco and Algeria as