ioo Plums and Plum Culture 



De Caisne — This variety I know only from the descrip- 

 tion in the catalog of Ellwanger & Barry, which says, "Very 

 large, yellow, excellent, resembles Golden Drop, but ripens 

 much earlier." 



Diamond. — Fruit oval; size medium to large; cavity 

 medium deep, abrupt ; stem short, stout ; suture shallow ; 

 apex slightly pointed; color blue; dots minute; bloom blue; 

 stone medium size, oval, oblique at both ends, slightly flat, 

 cling; quality fair; season medium. 



Of English origin. 



Drap d'Or (Cloth of Gold). — Fruit round; size medium 

 or smaller; cavity shallow; stem slender; suture indistinct; 



DEATON 



color yellow; dots a few, some reddish; bloom thin, white; 

 flesh yellow; stone free; flavor rich and sugary; quality 

 very good; season early. 



Very much like Green Gage, but a week earlier. An old 

 European variety, now hardly known in America. 



Duane (Duane's Purple). — Fruit irregularly egg-shaped; 

 size large to very large ; cavity shallow, rounded ; stem slen- 

 der, medium long ; suture shallow ; color red or purplish, like 

 Lombard, but a little darker, changing to dark blue; dots 

 several, large; bloom whitish or gray; skin rather tough; 

 flesh light yellow, meaty; stone medium size, oval, blunt, 

 rough, slightly flattened, cling or nearly so; quality good: 

 season early; tree vigorous. 



