926 THE PLUM. 



Jerusalem. 



Prunier de Jerusalem. Prune Violet de Jerusalem. 



Violette Jenisalem. De Bordeaux. 



CEil de Bceuf. 



Fruit large, long, egg-sliaped. Skin dark purjjle, covered with a 

 dense ])lue bloom. Stalk an inch long, hairy. Flesh firm, sweet, brisk ; 

 separates from tlie stone. Middle September. (Hogg. ^ 



JoDOiGNE Green Gage. 

 Boulouf. Reiue Claude de Jodoigue. Royal de Vilvorde. 



Tree vigorous. Branches smooth, stout, short-jointed. 



Fruit large, roi;nd, inclining to oblate. Suture shallow, half round. 

 Skin thin, greenish yellow, witli blush red strewed green and yello^^^sh 

 dots on tlie side next tlie sun, and covered with a thin blue bloom. 

 Stalk half an inch long. Flesh whitish yellow, firm, very juicy, tender, 

 sugary, rich. Late September. (Hogg.) 



JUDSON. 



Raised by Mr. .Judson, of Lansingbui'gh, N. Y. Tree thrifty and 

 ])roductive. Branches smooth. 



Fruit large, long oval. Suture broad, rather deep. Skin reddish 

 purple, covered with a thin blue bloom. Stalk long, stout. Flesh 

 greenish, rather coarse, not very juicy, sweet ; adheres j)artially to the 

 stone. Scarcely good. Last of August. 



July Green Gage. 

 Reine Claude de Bavay Hitive. Early Bavay. 



Fruit medium, roundish, slightly oblong. Suture distinct, a little 

 raoi'e than half round. Skin greenish yellow, tinged with purple in the 

 sun, thin bloom. Stalk rather stout. Cavity broad, shallow. Flesh 

 yellow, juicy, sweet ; separates from the stone. Very good. Last Au- 

 gust. 



Kester's Green Gage. 



Raised by Weaver, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., Pa. 



Tree vigoi-ous, productive. 



Fruit small, nearly globular, one side enlarged. Suture rather large. 

 Skin pale yellowish green, with splashes of deeper green, slight bloom. 

 Stalk of medium length, inseited in a large cavity. Flesh gi-eenish, juicy, 

 Bugary, rich. Very good. Adheres slightly to the stone. 



Kester's Yellow Gage. 



Raised by Weaver, Mt. Pleasant, Westmoreland Co., Pa. 



Tree' vigorous, upright. Branches smooth. 



Fruit medium, roundish oval. Suture broad and shallow. Skin palo 

 yellow, splashed with green, and covered with a thick white bloom. 

 Stalk of medium length, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh greenish yel- 

 low, juicy, sugary, rich. Very good. Adheres partially to the stone. 



Kirke's. 

 Kirke's Plum is a variety which came to us from England, where 



