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sunken. Skin greenish yellow, with splashes of darker green, and covered 

 with a bloom. Stalk medium in length and thickness. Cavity large. 

 Flesh greenish yellow, juicy, sweet, slightly vinous: sejiarates from the 

 stone. Very good. Last of August. 



Reagle's Union Purple. 



Same origin as the preceding. Tree vigorous, branches smooth. 



Fruit large, roundish oval. Skin reddish purple, covered with a thin 

 bloom, suture only perceptible near the stalk and apex. Stalk shoi-t, 

 stout. Flesh greenish, a little coarse, vinous, sweet; adheres to the 

 stone. Good. September. 



Red Apricot. 

 Abricotee Rouge. 



A French variety. Ti-ee moderately vigorous. Branches smooth. 



Fi'uit of medium size, roundish oval. Skin of a fine clear red in the 

 shade, violet in the sun. Flesh orange color, sweet, but rather dry, and 

 without much flavor ; separates freely from the stone. Good. Last of 

 August. 



Red Diaper. 



Di.'iprc'e Rouge. Mimms. 



Roche Carbon. Imperial Diadem. 



The Diapree Rouge, or Red Diaper, is a very large and handsome 

 French Plum. A rather slow grower. Branches almost smooth. 



Fruit large, obovate. Skin of a reddish purple, with a few golden 

 specks, 'and a light blue bloom, easily rubbed otf. Stalk three-fourths 

 of an inch long, slender, hairy, slightly inserted. Flesh pale green, juicy, 

 very melting, rich, and delicious, separating froni the stone, w^hich is 

 qixite small. Good to very good. Last of August. 



Red Gage. 



An American Plum, of delicious flavor, very hardy, and a prodigious 

 bearei\ It is a seedling raised from the Green Gage by the elder Wm. 



Prince, of the Flushing Nurseries, in 1790. 

 It grows, very vigorously, and is distin- 

 guished, when young, by its deep gi-een 

 crimped foliage. Branches dark reddish, 

 smooth. 



Fruit about as large as the Green Gage, 

 but more oval, regulai-ly formed. Skin 

 brownish or brick red, with little bloom. 

 Stalk rather slender, set in a narrow cavity. 

 Flesh "greenish amber, very juicy, melting, 

 sugary, and luscious. It parts freely from 

 the stone, which is small. Best. Middle of 

 August. 



Red Gage of Dutchess County. 



lied Gage. ^ scedliug of Dutchcss Co., N. Y. Tree 



vigorous, upright, productive. Branches slightly downy. 



