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PLUMS. 



beauty, and productiveness. A great grower, irregular. Distinct 

 from and Letcer than Sharp's Emperor. Fig. 761. 



Wangenheim.* Medium, oval, suture shallow but distinct, dark 

 blue, stem short, set without depression ; flesh greenish-yellow, 

 juicy, firm, sweet, rich, "very good," partly free from the rather 

 large' stone. German, a sort of prune. Growth erect, moderately 

 vigorous, tree very productive. One of the best of its class. Fig. 

 762. 



Wax. Large, slightly oval ; rich yellow, mostly covered with red 

 bloom lilac; stalk long; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sprightly, 

 freestone. October. Albany, N. Y. 



York State Prune. Large, oval, sutured at apex, dark blue, light 

 bloom, firm, juicy, free. Vigorous, productive; a good market 

 plum. New York. Fig. 763. 



DIVISION III. GREEN, WHITE OR YELLOW. 



Albany Beauty. (Denniston's Albany Beauty.) Size medium or 

 rather small, roundish-oval, with a slight neck at base, suture 

 obscure ; surface pale whitish-green, purple dots numerous, bloom 

 thin ; stalk an inch or more long, slender, scarcely sunk ; flesh 

 yellow, moderately juicy, rich, 

 sweet, free from the small, pointed 

 stone. Ripens the last week in 

 August. Shoots lightly downy. 

 Origin, Albany, N. Y. 



Apricot. (French Apricot.) Size 

 medium or rather large, roundish, 

 suture deep ; stalk scarcely half an 

 inch long; surface yellow, dotted 

 and tinged with red in the sun ; 

 bloom white; flesh yellow rather 

 firm, slightly bitter, becoming, 

 when ripe, melting, juicy, and 

 pleasant. Rather early. Shoots 

 quite downy. 



The English Apricot plum is a 

 third-rate, clingstone, oval fruit, 

 with smooth shoots. 



Autumn Gage. (Roe's Autumn 

 Gage.) Size medium, ovate, 

 slightly conical ; stalk three-fourths 

 of an inch long, not sunk ; sur- 

 face pale yellow, bloom thin, 

 whitish; flesh greenish - yellow, 

 juicy, sweet, delicate, pleasant, free from the long, pointed, com- 

 pressed stone. Leaves pointed, shoots smooth, spreading. Ripens 

 rather late. Growth very slow. Very productive. Origin, New- 

 burgh. N. Y. 



Bleecker's Gage. Size medium ; roundish-oval, regular, suture 

 obscure; stalk an inch long, rather stout, downy, slightly sunk. 



FIG 764 Bleecker's Gage. 



