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WASHINGTON PLUM. 



was unable to trace it any farther than Flushing, and he had strong 

 evidence that it was one of the numerous seedlings which his father 

 raised, about the year 1790, from the Green Gage, when the Imperial 

 Gage, Red Gage, and other fine varieties, were originated from the 

 same lot of seed. 



The Washington was introduced into the garden of Robert Barclay, 

 Esq., of Bury Hill, near London, in 1819; and in 1821, the late Dr 

 David Hosack, of New York, presented several trees to the London 

 Horticultural Society, in whose garden it soon fruited, and, from its 

 immense size and superior qualities, attracted unusual attention. 



The trees, from their vigorous hahit, soon form fine heads, making 

 remarkably strong annual shoots ; they are rather tardy in coming into 

 bearing, but when they commence fruiting they produce abundant crops. 



TREE. Very vigorous and erect, often throwing out its branches, 

 when young, at right angles with the main stem. Our vignette repre- 

 sents a young tree two years from the bud or graft. 



WOOD. Pale grayish brown, stout, moderately long-jointed, and, 

 when young, slightly pubescent ; buds, rather small, flattened, shortly 

 pointed, with moderately prominent shoulders. 



LEAVES. Very large, roundish oblong, bright glossy green, moderately 

 thick, wavy, obtusely and not very deeply serrated ; petioles, medium 

 length, about half an inch long, moderately stout, slightly pubescent. 



FLOWERS. Very large ; petals roundish, cupped; style rather longer 

 than the stamens. 



FRUIT. Large, about two and a quarter inches long, and two and an 

 eighth of an inch in diameter : Form, roundish oval, largest in the mid- 

 dle, and tapering roundly to each end, with a shallow suture extending 

 half round, deepest near the stem : Skin, fair, smooth, dull yellow, 

 inclining to orange in well-grown specimens, dotted and marbled with 

 crimson on the sunny side, and covered with a thin lilac bloom : Stem, 

 medium length, about three quarters of an inch long, moderately stout, 

 little pubescent, and inserted in a shallow cavity : Flesh, yellow, rather 

 firm and melting, separating freely from the stone : juice abundant, rich, 

 sugary, sprightly and luscious : Stone, medium size, oval, acute at each 

 end, deeply furrowed, and nearly even at the edges. 



RIPE the last of August and beginning of September. 



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