228 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



a red violet next the sun, and covered with azure bloom; 

 the flesh is yellow, fine, good ; juice abundant and sweet ; 

 high-fla\ ored, and of superior quality to the Monsieur 

 plum; and it ripens eight or ten days earlier. Branches 

 downy, and nearly white. July and August. 



56. *ST. CATHERINE. Hooker's Pom. Land. PI. 



XXIV. 



A medium-sized, oblong fruit; narrowest towards the 

 stalk, broad and flattened at the summit ; of a bright gold 

 color next the sun, spotted with red, and covered with 

 bloom ; the flesh yellow, tender, sweet, and of fine flavor ; 

 stone oval, flat ; it separates from the flesh. It ripens a little 

 before the Imperatrice. Branches smooth. The tree bears 

 well. 



57. ST. MARTIN'S QUETSCHE. 



" A most excellent late purple plum," and, according to 

 Mr. Thompson, eminently deserving. A new fruit, which 

 was received into the garden of the London Hort. Society 

 from the late Mr. Fischer, of Gottingen. 



58. *ST. MARTIN ROUGE. 



ST. MARTIN. Bon Jaird. ... *._'**: 



Con's FINE LATE RED of various catalogues. 

 An excellent fruit, as large as the Reine Claude Vio- 

 lette, of the same color ; of an oval form ; the latest of all 

 plums. This fruit is highly esteemed both here and in 

 England, where known. One of the best of all late plums. 

 It b> there known under the erroneous name of Cot's Fine 

 Late Red. The branches are downy. October. 



59. *SEMIANA. 

 PRUNE SUISSE. JV. Lhth. 



PRUNE D'ALTESSE, MONSIEUR TARDIF. 



The fruit is very handsome, round, flattened ; its diame- 

 ter eighteen to twenty lines ; color varying from bright 

 violet to deep blackish blue, and covered with azure bloom ; 

 the flesh greenish yellow, cracking and melting; juice very 

 abundant and delicious. Not uncommon near Boston. 

 An excellent fruit, ripening in September. Branches 

 smooth ; the tree very productive. 



60. 'SHARP'S EMPEROR. 

 DENVER'S VICTORIA, QUEEN VICTORIA. 



Very large and beautiful ; as large as the Red Magnum 

 Bonum ; of a roundish oval form and red color ; covered 

 with a fine bloom; of a fine flavor. An excellent fruit, and 

 eminently deserving. The tree grows very strong ; branches 



