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Cloth of Gold. 



l>ap dOr, I Mirabelle Grosse, 



Mirabelle Double, | Yellow Perdrigon. 



Foreign. Productive, branches slightly downy. Fruit below medium, 

 round ; future indistinct; skin briglit yellow, crimson specks in sunj 

 flesh yellow, sugary, rich, adheres slightly to the stone. Early August. 



Columbia. 



Columbian Gage. 



American. Valuable market sort, productive, succeeds well South ; 

 branches downy. Fruit large, globular, one side enlarged ; skm brown- 

 ish purple, with fawn-colored specks, blue bloom ; flesh orange, rather 

 coarse, dry but sugary, separates freely from stone, which is small, com- 

 pressed ; stalk an inch long ; cavity small, narrow. Last August. 



Cooper. 



Cooper's Red, | Cooper's Large Red, 



Cooper's Large American. 



American. Described by Coxe, in 1817, as grown from a stone of^ 

 Orleans. Some writers state it to be identical with " Smith s Orleans ; 

 but we do not so consider it. Fruit large, deep purple, with a bloom ; 

 suture shallow and broad ; stem three-quarters inch long; flesh coarse, 

 yellow, "good.'' Last August. 



Cruger's Scarlet. 



t Cruger's, | Cruger's Seedling, 



Cruger's Scarlet Gage. 



American. Productive, and comparatively free from attacks of cur- 

 culio. Branches downy. Fruit httle above medium, roundish oval ; 

 skin lilac red, with thin bluish bloom and yellow dots, in dark shade one 

 side, pale fawn color ; flesh orange, rather dry, rich, separates free from 

 stone ; stalk half inch long ; basin shallow. Last August. 



De Montfort. 



Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit above medium, roundish, light pur- 

 ple, spotted with brownish yellow, and with blue bloom; flesh light yel- 

 low, rich ; when fully ripe, parts freely from stone ; stalk half inch long. 

 Middle August. 



Deniston's Red. 



American. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, roundish oval; suture 

 half round; skin light red, with fawn- colored dots, bloom thin ; flesh am- 

 ber color, separates freely from a small, oval, compressed stone ; stalk long, 

 blender. Last August. 



DowNTON Imperatrice. 



Foreign. Branches smooth, valued for preserving. Fruit medium, 

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