428 THE PLUM. 



LUCOMBE S NONSUCH. 



Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, roundish, yellowish green ; 

 flesh greenish. Clingstone. August. 



LITTLE QUEEN CLAUDE. 



Yellow Gage (of the English,) I Small Green Gage, 

 Petite Heine Claude, Gonne s Green Gage, 



Reine Claude Blanche, | White Gage. 



Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit small, round, yellowish green, with red 

 spots 5 flesh pale yellow. Freestone. August. 



MUSCLE. 

 Foreign. Only grown for stocks. Fruit oblong, dark red, large stone. 



NECTARINE. 



Caledonian? | Howell s Large. 



Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit large, roundish, purple ; flesh greenish 

 yellow, partially clingstone. August. 



ORLEANS. 



Monsieur, I Old Orleans. 



Monsieur Ordinaire, | Red Damask, 

 Italian Damask of some. 



Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, round, reddish purple ; flesh 

 yellowish. Freestone. August. 



PENOBSCOT. 



American. Fruit large, oval, greenish yellow, little red in sun ; flesh yellow. 

 Clingstone. September. 



POND S SEEDLING. 



Pond s Purple. 



American. Branches downy. Fruit medium, roundish, purple ; flesh yel 

 lowish. Freestone. August. 



PEOLY S EARLY BLUE. 



American. Branches downy. Fruit medium, &amp;lt;*blong, dark blue 5 flesh yel 

 low, partly free. August. 



QUEEN MOTHER. 



Red Queen Mother, | Pigeon s He 

 Damas Violet. 



Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit small, round, purplish red in sun, amber 

 in shade ; flesh yellow. Freestone. September. 



RED EGG. 



Red Magnum Bonum, I Red Imperial of some, 

 Askew s Purple Egg, Purple Magnum Bonum, 



Purple Egg, Florence. 



Branches smooth. Long and extensively grown. It is far surpassed by many 



