^20 THE PLUM. 



amber color, dotted and mottled with rose ; flesh yellow, a littlo coarse 

 adbermg to the stone, rich, fine flavor. Season last August. (Hov. Mag.) 



Howard's Favorite. 



American. Fruit large, roundish obovate, slight neck ; stem one inch • 

 co.or orange yellow, shaded with red, and reddish spots : flesh yellow' 

 juicy, sub-acid, "good." September. New. J' ^^j 



Hudson Gage. 



rlow^f 'T* •. ^^^^^^^^ ^'}^ ^"^Pe^'^J ^age, but earlier. Branches 

 vpCJ' ,^^"'^^^^?;3^'?^aUnlarged one side; suture obscure; skin 

 yeuow, clouded as if underneath with stripes of green; bloom white- 

 flesh greenish, juicy sprightly, and mostly parts from the stone, which is 

 small; stalk half inch long. Early August. 



, Imperial of Milan. 



Imperiale de Milan. 



PJ^^:?r's!'fn Honf ^^'°'' ""^^^^ "^"'^ ^"'P^'' J"^'^' '"-^'^- ^'^''^^'' (^ 



Isabella. 



fiJ^^'fl^^i' ^,7"^hes downy. Fruit above medium, oval, dull red mot- 

 tled; flesh yellow, rich, juicy, parting freely from the stone when Sllv 

 ripe ; stalk three-fourths inch long. Last August. ^ 



ICKWORTH ImPERATRICE. 



Knig^ln's Xo. 6. 



qtSlI? ^'^ his does not ripen well ; in the Middle and Southern 



States It promises yet to become a first-class plum, on account mainly of S 

 period ofripemng Branches smooth. Fruit above mediuToLvate 

 purple, with irregular tracings of fawn yellow; fle.h areenTsh vpIw' 



S' ' TV o". T'^f'^'T^ ^^ ^ ^-^" ^^-^; stalk half nch long' 

 ?n f dry^pt^e,'w[lfk:^^ L^^ ' '' '^'^ ^^^^^^ ^^ P^P-^ ^^ 



Italian Damask. 



Damas d'ltalie. 



Foreign." Productive, succeeds finely South. Branches smooth Fruit 

 medium roundish, flattened at base; suture half round- sC vio'lpf h' 

 coming brown ; flesh yellowish green, firm, sweet ^eXkna LTl^V t 

 oval stone; stalk half inch Ion! slender ca"[>"sCriIr Wt 

 Bears well in all soils. --i^ugusc 



Kirke's. 



hW^hf ^"" ^™^^^ ^"^.«°th- F'-uit medium, round, dark purple thick 



