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size, and of delicious flavor, and admirably calculated for 

 drying. 



3. *BINGHAM. 



Large, oblong, and beautiful ; bright yellow in the shade, 

 with specks of red ; pale red next the sun ; flesh yellow, 

 very sweet and delicious, and adhering to the stone. An 

 excellent fruit. The tree is very productive. Branches 

 downy. 



4. BLEECKER'S GAGE. 



This new and fine fruit was raised by the Rev. Mr. 

 Bleecker, of Albany, from the stone of a German prune. 

 A large, globular fruit, of excellent quality, and very pro- 

 ductive. 



5. BLUE GAGE. Col. Carr. 



Very productive. The fruit is of medium size, round ; 

 of a blue color ; of an extremely sweet, fine flavor. A native 

 fruit, raised from the Reine Claude. It hangs long on the 

 tree, and is deservedly worthy of cultivation. 



6. *BLUE HOLLAND. 



A round plum, of a blue color, juicy, and high-flavored. 

 It readily parts from the stone. It ripens in September, 

 and hangs long on the tree after arriving at maturity. A 

 fine fruit, and a great bearer. 



7. *BLUE IMPERATRICE. 



IMPERATRICE VJOLETTE. 



IMPERATRICE. Hooker's Pom. Land. PI. iv. 

 The branches are very long and smooth ; the fruit 

 medium-sized, and rather long, pointed at the base, round- 

 ed or broad oval at the summit ; the skin is fine violet, 

 very profusely covered with bloom ; flesh yellowish next the 

 sun, a little firm at maturity, exceedingly rich and sweet ; 

 it adheres to the stone. One of the best of late plums, 

 and one of the most productive. September and October 



8. *BREVOORT'S PURPLE BOLMER. 



BREEVOORT'S PURPLE WASHINGTON. 



The tree is of very rapid growth, and exceedingly pro- 

 ductive : the branches smooth ; the leaves are like those 

 of the Washington; the fruit large, beautiful, of an oval 

 form ; of a blue color, covered with azure bloom ; the 

 flesh adheres to the stone, and is of a sweet and delicious 

 flavor. A new and very superior variety, ripening early 

 in September. 



