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CLOTH OF GOLD. 



Drap d Or, I Mirabelle Grosse, 



Mirabelle Double, | Yellow Perdrigon. 



Foreign. Productive, branches slightly downy. Fruit below medium, 

 round; suture indistinct; skin bright yellow, crimson specks in sun; 

 flesh yellow, sugary, rich, adheres slightly to the stone. Early August. 



COLUMBIA. 



Columbian Gage. 



American. Valuable market sort, productive, succeeds well South ; 

 branches downy. Fruit large, globular, one side enlarged ; skin brown 

 ish purple, with fawn-colored specks, blue bloom ; flesh orange, rather 

 coarse, dry but sugary, separates freely from stone, which is small, com 

 pressed ; stalk an inch long ; cavity small, narrow. Last August. 



COOPER. 



Cooper s Red, | Cooper s Large Red, 

 Cooper s Large American. 



American. Described by Coxe, in 1817, as grown from a stone of 

 Orleans. Some writers state it to be identical with &quot; Smith s Orleans ;&quot; 

 but we do not so consider it. Fruit large, deep purple, with a bloom ; 

 suture shallow and broad ; stem three-quarters inch long; flesh coarse, 

 yellow, &quot;good. Last August. 



CRUGER S SCARLET. 



Cruger s, | Cruger s Seedling, 



Cruger s Scarlet Gage. 



American. Productive, and comparatively free from attacks of cur- 

 culio. Branches downy. Fruit little above medium, roundish oval ; 

 skin lilac red, with thin bluish bloom and yellow dots, in dark shade one 

 side, pale fawn color ; flesh orange, rather dry, rich, separates free from 

 stone ; stalk half inch long ; basin shallow. Last August. 



D MONTFORT. 



Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit above medium, roundish, light pur 

 ple, spotted with brownish yellow, and with blue bloom ; flesh light yel 

 low, rich ; when fully ripe, parts freely from stone ; stalk half inch long. 

 Middle August. 



DENISTON S RED. 



American. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, roundish oval; suture 

 half round; skin light red, with fawn-colored dots, bloom thin ; flesh am 

 ber color, separates freely from a small, oval, compressed stone ; stalk long, 

 slender. Last August. 



DOWNTON IMPERATRICE. 

 Foreign. Branches smooth, valued for preserving. Fruit medium, 



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