THE PLUM. 



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plums abroad. Although it is well known in France under the title of 

 the Reine Claude Violette, as in England under that of the Purple 

 Gage, yet its native coimtry is not precisely determined. Tree mod- 

 erately vigorous. Branches smooth, mucli like those of the Green Gage. 

 Fruit medium sized, shaped like the Green Gage, roundish, a little 

 flattened. Suture shallow, but distinct. Stalk an inch long, rather 

 thick, set in a narrow cavity. Skin a little thick, violet, dotted with 

 pale yellow, and covered with light blue bloom. Flesh greenish yellow, 

 rather firm, rich, sugary, and very high-flavored ; separates from the stone, 

 which is oval and compressed. Ripens rather late, and will hang on the 

 tree — shrivelling a little, but not cracking — all the mouth of September. 

 Very good. 



Q[;a.ckj3NB0SS. 



Introduced by Mr. Quackenboss, of Greenbush, N. Y. Origin in 

 the garden of S. C. Groot, Albany, A very rapid upright grower, and 

 prodiictive. Branches smooth. 



Fruit large, oblong roundish. Skin deep purple, covered with a blu- 

 ish bloom. Suture scarcely apparent. Stalk long, slender, and set in a 

 slight depressed cavity. Flesh greenish yellow, sprightly, juicy, a little 

 coarse-grained, sweet, and subacid • adheres slightly to the stone. Good, 

 September. 



Queen Mother. 



Red Qusen Mother. Pigeon's Heart. Damas Violet. 



A neat little reddish Plum, long known in European gardens. 

 Branches smooth, rather feeble in growth. 



Fruit rather small, round, about an inch in diameter. Skin dark, 

 purplish red in the sun, pale reddish amber in the shade, with many red- 

 dish dots. Stalk half an inch long. Flesh yellow, sweet and rich, sepa- 

 rating freely from the stone. Good. Septembei-, 



Beagle's Ancient City.. 



Originated at Schenectady, N, 

 Y., by C. Beagles. Tree very 

 vigorous. Branches smooth. 



Fruit large, roundish oval. 

 Skin clouded oi-ange, red in the 

 sun. Suture distinct. Flesh yelloAv, 

 juicy, sweet ; separates from the 

 stone. Good. Last of August. 



Beagle's Gage. 



Another of the seedlings raised 

 by C. Beagles, Schenectady, N. Y,, 

 from seed of the Washington. Tree 

 vigorous, upright. Branches smooth. 



Fruit medium, nearly globulai-. 

 Suture broad and shallow. Apex 



Reagle'a Qiige. 



