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EARLY FAVORITE. 



Rivers Early No. 1. 



Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, roundish oval, purple ; 

 flesh melting, rich, sweet. Early August. 



EARLY PROLIFIC. 



Rivers Early No. 2. 



Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit little above medium, roundish oval, 

 purple ; flesh yellowish, rich, sweet, excellent flavor. Early August. 



FROST GAGE. 



American. Does not answer well in soils of only moderate richness, 

 requires rich, moist, clayey soil. On the borders of the Hudson river, 

 where it originated, it is one of the most valuable late-ripening market 

 varieties. Branches smooth, slender, upright habit. Fruit below medium, 

 roundish oval ; suture half round, deep purple, bloom thin ; flesh greenish 

 yellow, juicy, sweet, adhering to stone ; stalk three-fourths inch long. 

 First October. 



GALBRAITH. 



An early plum, said to have originated with the late Mr. Gralbraith, near 

 Boalsburg, Pa. ; and is represented as being a straggling grower, but the 

 best early plum cultivated in that vicinity. An inch and a half long by 

 one and five-sixteenths broad, oval, purple ; stem five-eighths of an inch 

 by one-fourteenth ; flesh tender, juicy, adherent to the stone, flavor lus 

 cious, quality &quot; very good&quot; if not &quot;best.&quot; (W. D. B.) 



HTJLING S SUPERB. 



This variety we have little doubt will eventually command a place in 

 the first class : at present it has been little grown; Duane s Purple being 

 almost invariably the variety distributed under this name. Leaves broad, 

 large ; branches stout, downy, with a swollen knob behind each bud. 

 Fruit very large, roundish oval, shallow suture ; skin dull greenish yellow, 

 covered with pale bloom ; flesh greenish yellow, little coarse grain, rich, 

 brisk, sprightly flavor, adheres partially to the stone; stalk an inch long, 

 swollen at its junction with the tree, and set in a round, small cavity. 

 Middle August 



HOWELL S EARLY. 



American. Branches slender, gray, downy. Fruit below medium, 

 oval angular; suture indistinct, light brown, greenish yellow in the 

 shade, thin blue bloom ; flesh amber color, juicy, sweet, separates freely 

 from a small oval stone; stalk three-fourths inch long, slender. Last 

 July. 



How s AMBER. 



American. Branches slightly downy. Fruit medium, roundish ; skin 



