950 THE PLUM. 



Thorndyke Gage, 



A native fruit, originated near Newburgh, N. Y. Tree moderately 

 Adgorous. Branches downy. 



Fruit below medium, roundish. Suture slight. Skin pale green, 

 "with a blue bloom. Flesh greenish, juicy, sweet, pleasant ; adheres 

 to the stone. Good. Early September. 



Tomlinson's Charlotte. 

 Charlotte. 



A seedling raised by Judge Tomliuson, Schenectady, N. Y. Tree 

 vigorous. 



Fruit lai'ge, oval. Skin yellow. Flesh sweet, agreeable. August. 

 (Pom. Man.) 



Transparent Gage. 



Reine Claude Diaphane. Prune Diaphane Laffay. 



Diaphane Laffay. Reine Claude Transparent. 



Diaphane. 



A French vai'iety, evidently from seeds of the Green Gage, raised 

 by M. Laffay, of Paris. Tree vigorous, with long, stout, and smooth 

 branches. 



Fruit above medium, roundish oblate. Suture shallow, distinct. 

 Apex sunk. Skin gi'eenish yellow, marbled and specked in the sun 

 with carmine red. Stalk medium. Cavity small, rather deep. Flesh 

 gi'eenish yellow, tender, juicy, sugary, rich. Very good or best. Mid- 

 dle of September. 



Trouvee de Vouelhe. 



Found in the woods by Gregoire, and by him introduced. Tree mo- 

 derately vigorous and very fertile. 



Fruit medium or small, regularly oval. Skin thick, reddish vio- 

 let with a shady side, and a violet bloom on the sunny side. Flesh 

 jviicy, sweet, and very good. Last of August. (Al. Pom.) 



Ulysses. 



A variety from Western New York. Branches smooth. 



Fruit above medium, roundish oval. Skin whitish, shaded and luot- 

 tled with violet purple, thin bhie bloom. Flesh yellowish, juicy, sweet ; 

 ^dhex-es to the stone. Good. Early September. 



Virgin. 



Virginale Blanc. Virginal Blanc. 



White Virginale. Virginal a gros Fruit blanc. 



Virginal a Fruit blanc. 



A foreign variety, of free growth. Branches smooth, rather slender 

 Fruit medium, roixndish. Skin reddish purple, with a thick bloom. 



Flesh greenish, very juicy, sweet. Good to very good. Adheres slightly 



to the stone. First of September. 



