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yellow ; form obovate, tapering' towards the stalk, which is 

 about three quarters of an inch in lenjrth ; eye very slightly 

 depressed. The trees are most prolific bearers, and are 

 here considered a very valuable late summer variety. 



Scarlet Gage Plum. This fruit is very plentiful in this 

 vicinity, where it has been propagated by suckers from what 

 is supposed to be the original tree of the kind, and which 

 first attracted attention about a dozen years ago. The fruit 

 is of a deep purplish crimson, of an elongated oval form, and 

 the stem scarcely at all sunken. The flesh is of an agreea- 

 ble sprightly flavor ; color deep yellow, and does not part 

 readily from the stone. The trees produce remarkably 

 abundant crops, and the appearance of the long branches, 

 densely loaded with highly colored fruit, is very striking. 

 It is obviously different from most of the gage family in its 

 character, yet, as it has generally received the above name 

 in this neighborhood, we have not thought proper to alter it. 



Cruger's Seedling Plum. A very handsome variety, 

 raised from a stone of the Washington [Bolmer's Washing- 

 ton], by Henry Cruger, Esq., of the vicinity of West Point, 

 N. Y. It differs entirely from its parent, as the color is a 

 beautiful light lilac, and the flesh resembles in flavor the 

 prunes. The fruit is of medium size, and tapers somewhat 

 towards the stalk, which is about three fourths of an inch in 

 length, and inserted in a slight cavity. 



