930 THE PLUM. 



Louisa. 



From Missouri. Tree vigorous, very productive, spreading. Branches 

 evidence of its native wild character. 



Fruit medium, nearly rovmd, yellow, nearly covered with purplish 

 red, gray dots, thin bloom. Suture slight. Flesh yellow, juicy. Good. 

 Adheres to the stone. Last of August. (Husmann.) 



Lucombe's Nonesuch. 



All English I'luin, raised by Lucombe, of the Exeter Nursery. Tree 

 moderately vigorous. Branches smooth. 



Fruit above medium size, roundish, shaped and colored much like the 

 Oi^een Grage, but mvich more distinctly streaked with yellow and orange, 

 and covei'ed with a whitish bloom. Suture broad. Stalk straight, 

 three-fourths of an inch long, set in a wide hollow. Flesh pretty firm, 

 greenish, and adheres to the stone. Good. Last of September. 



McLaughlin. 



Baised by James McLaughlin, Bangor, Me. Tree hardy, vigorous, 

 and productive, a valuable variety, nearly or quite equal to Green Gage. 



Branches smooth. 



Fruit large, nearly roimd, oblate, flat- 

 tened at both ends. Suture slight. Stalk 

 thi'ee-fourths of an inch long, inserted in a 

 small cavity by a ring. Skin thin and ten- 

 der, yellow, dotted and marbled witli red 

 on the sunny side, and covered with a thin 

 bloom. Flesh dull yellow, i-ather firm, juicy, 

 very sweet and luscious, perfumed. It ad- 

 heres to the stone. Best. Last of August. 



MAMELON>rEE. 

 Mamelon Sagerefc. 

 A seedling of Sageret, near Paiis. Tree 

 moderately vigorous. Branches smooth, 

 brownish gray. 

 McLaughlin. j,^,^.^ ^^ remarkable shape, having a 



npclv or (mamelon) at the base of the stock. It is of excellent quality, 

 hardy and prolilic. Fruit of medium size, oval, tapering towards the 

 apex, and a well-marked suture on one side. Stalk small, inserted 

 without depression. Skin pale yellow, a few splashes and streaks of 

 green, dotted and marbled with crimson in the sun, covered with a thin 

 light bloom. Flesh yellow, jiiicy, sugary, rich; sepai-ates from the 

 stone. Good to very good. Middle August. 



Manning's Long Blue Prune. 



Manning's Prune. Large Long Blue. Mannings Long Blue. 



Origin unknown. Tree vigorous, with long dark-colored shoots, very 

 productive. Branches smooth. 



Fruit quite large, long oval, a little one-sided, with an obscure suture. 

 Btalk very long and slender, set in a very trifling depression. Skin dark 

 purple, with a thick blue bloom. Flesh greenish yellow, firm, rather 



