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and stout; flesh greenish, vinous, sweet, adheres to the stone; 

 tree vigorous; season September (in New York)." 



Wales (Prince of Wales). — Fruit globular or oblong; 

 size large ; cavity moderate ; stem short and stout ; suture 

 medium ; color reddish-purple ; dots brownish-yellow ; bloom 

 heavy; flesh greenish-yellow; stone partly free; quality good; 

 season medium early. 



Origin, England. 



Wangenheim. — Fruit ovate; size medium; cavity shal- 

 low ; stem slender, short ; suture shallow or wanting ; color 

 dark blue ; bloom heavy, blue; flesh hard, yellow ; stone small. 



oval, free; flavor sweet; 

 quality fair; season me- 

 dium early; tree moder- 

 ately vigorous, branches 

 somewhat spreading. 



Of German extraction ; 

 known in this country for 

 many years, but of no spe- 

 { cial value. 



Washington (Bolmer). 

 — Fruit nearly round ; size 

 I medium to large ; cavity 

 r shallow, flaring; stem 

 short, pubescent ; suture 

 shallow ; color greenish- 

 yellow, with a pink blush 

 in the sun ; dots several, 

 greenish; bloom white; 

 flesh yellow ; stone me- 

 washington dium size> roU nd-oval, but 



little flattened, rough, 

 free; quality good to extra; season medium early; tree a 

 strong grower, with large, broad, glossy foliage. 



Downing gives the following interesting account of the 

 origin of this variety: ''The parent tree grew originally on 

 Delancey's farm, on the east side of the Bowery, New York, 

 but, being grafted with another sort, escaped notice until a 

 sucker from it, planted by Mr. Bolmer, a merchant in Chatham 

 street, came into bearing about the year 1818, and attracted 

 universal attention by the remarkable beauty and size of the 

 fruit. In 1821 this sort was first sent to the horticultural 

 society of London by the late Dr. Hosack." 



Yellow Egg (Magnum Bonum, Dame Aubert). — Fruit in 

 shape like a goose egg; size largest; cavity shallow and 

 abrupt, surrounded by a ridge ; stem nearly an inch long ; 

 suture usually shallow; color creamy yellow when ripe; dots 



