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PLUMS. 



Monroe.* Full medium, roundish-oval ; greenish-yellow ; stalls 

 rather long, slightly sunk ; flavor rich, and good. Mid-season. 

 Tree a healthy, strong grower, and great bearer. Monroe 

 County, N. Y. 



Mulberry. Large, oval, tapering, with a neck to the stalk, suture 

 slight; pale dull yellow, with a few crimson dots; bloom thin; 

 stalk an inch long, slender, scarcely sunk on the obtuse end of 

 the neck; flesh greenish-yellow, rather coarse, melting, rich, ad- 

 hering to the large, oblong, pointed stone. Ripens the first of 

 autumn. Shoots stout. Origin, Albany, N. Y. 



FIG. 713. McLaughHn. 



Pio. 774 Nelson's Victory. 



Nelson's Victory. Size medium, roundish-oval ; brownish-yellow, 

 with some dull red ; stone small ; flesh free, juicy, good. Tree 

 vigorous, great bearer, fruit showy, fine for market. English. 

 Fig. 774- 



Orange. Very large, oval, flattened at ends; bronze-yellow, rough, 

 marked with purplish-red near the base ; stalk three-fourths of an 

 inch long, cavity narrow ; rather coarse, acid. End of August. 



Parsonage. Rather large, oval, pale yellow, stalk medium, slightly 

 sunk ; flesh yellow, juicy, with a rich, sugary flavor. Free from 

 the stone. First of September. Tree vigorous, upright, produc- 

 tive. New. Dutchess County, N. Y. (Downing.) 



Peters' Yellow Gage. Large, nearly oval, varying in its form ; rich 

 yellow, crimson dots next the sun ; stalk three-fourths of an inch 

 long, set in a deep cavity on one side of the plum ; suture distinct, 

 dividing the fruit unequally ; flesh greenish-yellow, rich, sweet, 

 very good. Fig. 775. 



Precoce de Berg_thold. Small, roundish-oval ; yellow ; juicy, sweet 

 Very early, middle of July. 



