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THE PLUM. 



Yellow Egg. 



White Magnum Bonum. 

 Askew's Golden Egg. 

 Errg Plum. 

 White Egg. 

 Magnum Bonum. 

 Yellow Magnum Bonum. * 

 White Mogul. 

 Wentworth. 



WTiite Imperial. 

 White Holland. 

 Dame Aubert. 

 Dame Aubert blanche. 

 Dame Aubert jaune. 

 Imp -riale blanche. 

 Grosse Luisante. 

 Prune d'Inde blanc. 



The White Magnum Bonum, or Egg Plum, as it is almost univei-sally 



known here, is a very popular fruit, 

 chiefly on account of its large and 

 si)lendid appeai-ance, and a slight acid- 

 ity, which rendei-s it admirably fitted 

 for making showy sweetmeats or pre- 

 serves. When it is raised in a fine 

 warm situation, and is fully matured, 

 it is pretty well flavored, but ordina- 

 rily it is considered coarse, and as be- 

 longing to the kitchen and not to the 

 dessert. Branches smooth, long. 



Fruit of the largest size, measur- 

 ing six inches in its longest circumfer- 

 ence, oval, narrowing a good deal to 

 both ends. Suture well marked. 

 Stalk about an inch long, stout, insert- 

 ed without cavity in a folded border. 

 Skin yellow, with nvimerous white 

 dots, covered with thin white bloom — 

 when fully ripe, of a deep gold color. 

 Flesh yellow, adliering closely to the 

 stone, v^.ther acid until very ripe, when 

 it becomes sweet, though of only 

 second-rate flavor. Stem long, and 

 ^^' pointed at both ends. A pretty good 



bearer, though apt, in light soils, o drop from the tree before matiu-ed. 



Middle of August. 



Yellow Imperatrice. 

 Altesse Blanche. Monsieur a fruits Jaune. 



Branches smooth. 



Fruit large, roundish oval, marked with a suture, deep at apex, 

 shallow at the stalk. Skin deep golden yellow, with a few streaks of 

 red about the stalk. Flesh yellow, juicy, melting, sugary, rich, adheres 

 to the stone. Middle of August. (Hogg.) 



Yohe's Eagle. 



An accidental seedling in the garden of Caleb Yohe, Bethlehem, 

 Pa. 



* There is really no practical difference between the White and the Yellow 

 Magnum Bonum. The fruit is precisely similar in appearance and quality, though 

 the growth of the two trees may not fully agree . 



