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of a purplish russety red next the sun; meeting, juicy, 

 and of delicious flavor. Last of August. Lindley in- 

 forms us that the name of Gage was derived from the 

 circumstance of the Reine Claude being sent from France 

 to the Gage family, with the name obliterated ; and through 

 ignorance of the real name, it was called Green Gage. 

 Branches smooth. An old and famous fruit. 



31. GROS DAMAS ROUGE TARDIF. N. Duh. 



PI. CCCXCIV. 



LARGE LATE RED DAMASK. 



The fruit is very handsome, oval ; its height twenty 

 lines ; skin thick, hard, bright red, covered with azure 

 bloom ; the flesh yellow and melting ; juice sweet and 

 good. This fine fruit will ripen here the last of August. 



32. *ICKWORTH IMPERATRICE. Thompson. 



A new and very superior fruit, which was originated by 

 Mr. Knight. Very large, or much larger and richer than 

 the old Imperatrice. Of first-rate excellence, as abun- 

 dantly proved at the garden of the London Horticultural 

 Society, where the tree first bore in 1837. 



33. *ITALIAN DAMASK. 



DAMAS D'!TALIE. Duhamel. 



This fruit is rather large ; globular, a little flatted at 

 the base ; blue or violet next the sun, and covered with 

 pale blue bloom ; the flesh is yellow, sweet, and high-fla- 

 vored, and separates from the stone ; branches smooth. 

 August. This variety is beautiful, and extremely pro- 

 ductive. 



34. *JENKIN''S IMPERIAL. 



The growth of the tree is very strong, the branches 

 smooth, leaves very large ; the fruit is very large, ob- 

 long ; of a blue or purple color, and covered with bloom ; 

 of superior excellence. This variety has been by some 

 confounded with the Caledonian, or Nectarine plum, but 

 is very distinct, and is esteemed by good judges as one of 

 the best of plums. 



35. *KIRKE'S PLUM. Lindley. Forrest. 

 Branches smooth ; the fruit is rather large, roundish 



oval, broadest at the base ; skin dark purple, covered with 

 a copious azure bloom, which is difficult to remove ; flesh 

 greenish yellow, firm, juicy, rich, and separates from the 



