THE PLUM. 935 



Fruit medium size, roiiudisli. Suture shallow. Apex a little sunk. 

 Skin amber, nearly covered with rosy red, thin light bloom. Stalk me- 

 dium, slender, set in a moderate cavity by a ring. Flesh yellow, juicy, 

 vinous, I'ather sweet ; adheres to the stone. Good. Last of August. 



October Gheen Gage. 

 Late Green Gage. Reine Claude Tardive. Reine Claude d'Octobre. 



Tree very vigorous. Young wood smooth, stout, and .short-jointed. 



Fruit small, roundisli. Suture moderate. Apex dimpled. Skin 

 greenish yellow, covered with a thin white bloom, mottled with ciimson 

 in sun. Stalk stout, rather long. Flesh green, juicy, sugary, and rich; 

 separates from the stone. Good to very good. First of October. 



Orange. 

 Orange Gage. Wager. 



Origin, Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., N. Y. Tree a vigorous grower, 

 productive. Branches stout and smooth. 



Fruit very large, oval, flattened at both eiAs. Skin bronze yellow, 

 marked with roughish white dots and clouded with purplish red near 

 the stalk. The latter is thre3-fourths of an inch long, rather rough, in- 

 serted in a narrow round cavity. Flesh deej) yellow, a little coarse- 

 grained, moderately juicy, s\igar and acid combined. It adheres a little 

 to the stone. Good.* Last of August. 



Orleans. 



Monsieur. Anglaise Noir. Prune de Monsieur. 



Monsieur Ordinaire. English Orleans. Common Orleans. 



Old Orleans. Pmne d'Orleans. Red Orleans. 



Red Damask. Late Monsieur. 



A popiilir English market Plum, being hardy and uniforndy produc- 

 tive. Tree vigorous. Branches gray, and very downy. 



Fruit middle-sized, round, a little enlarged on one side of the distinct 

 suture. Skin dark red, becoming i)ur})le in the sun. Flesh yellowish, 

 Bwect, mixed with, acid, and separates freely from the stone. Good. 

 Middle of Atigust. 



Oullin's Golden. 



Reine Claude d'Onllins. Oullin's Golden Gage. 



Reine Claude Precoce. Monstrueuse d'OuUins. 



Ouillin's Gage. 



This is a German Plum, large and showy. Tree very vigorous and 

 productive, with smooth Ijranches, stout, shoi't jointed. 



Fruit large, roundish oblong. Suture very shallow. Skin rich yel- 

 low, flecked and shaded with green, small crimson dots in sun, and cov- 

 ered with a thin white bloom. Stalk inserted in a broad, moderately 

 deep cavity. Flesh yellow, very tender, juicy, sugary ; adhering slightly 

 to the stone. Very good, ^Middle of August, (Hogg.) 



