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others ripening at same time. Fruit large, oval, deep red, with gray dots ; 

 flesh greenish, coarse. Freestone. September. 



Red Imperial. 



Imperial Rouge, | Early Forcing. 



Foreign. Branches slightly downy. Fruit large, oval, reddish violet ; flesh 

 greenish yellow. Freestone. September. 



Red Perdrigon. 



Perdrigon Rouge. 



Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, roundish oval, deep red, lilac 

 bloom ; flesh yellow. Freestone. August. 



St. John's. 



Prune de St. Jean. 



Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, purplish blue ; flesh greenish 

 yellow. August. 



Semiana of BostonJ 



This has been thought to be the Imperatrice Violette of old Duham^l. We 

 are not prepared to say, and as it is condemned by all growers, do not think it 

 worth looking after. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, oval, dark b»ofc , flesh 

 harsh, acid. Clingstone. September. 



Suisse. 



Simiana, I Swiss Plum, 



Prune Suisse, | Monsieur Tardif, 



Prune d'Altesse. 



Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit above medium, round, violet red ; flesh 

 greenish yellow, acid. Clingstone. September. 



Siamese. 



American. Branches smooth. Fruit grows in pairs, which is its only merit, 

 pale yellow ; flesh yellow. Clingstone. September. 



Stabeler's Seedling. 



American. Branches downy. Fruit medium, oval, greenish yellow, with 

 white specks ; flesh yellowish. Clingstone. August. 



St. Catherine. 



Foreign. Branches smooth, valued in France for drying, surpassed here by 

 varieties of later origin. Fruit medium, obovate, pale yellow, little red in 

 sun ; flesh yellow. Clingstone. September. 



Virgin. 



Virginale. 



Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, roundish, purple ; flesh yellow. 

 Freestone. September. 



