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34. WHITE DAMSON. Thomp. Lind. 



Late Yellow Damson. Shailer's White Damson. 



White Prune Damson. White Damascene. 



A very pretty and pleasant little plum of the damson class. In 

 England it is thought of very little value, except for preserving, 

 but here, where it matures more perfectly, it becomes a very 

 pleasant table fruit, and from its lateness, may be considered a 

 very desirable variety. The long slender branches are loaded, 

 so as to be pendant, with the weight of the abundant rich clusters 

 of fruit. 



Branches smooth, and of thrifty growth. Fruit small, about 

 an inch long, oval. Skin pale yellow, with a white bloom, and 

 sprinkled with reddish brown spots at maturity. Stalk rather 

 more than half an inch long, downy, inserted without depres- 

 sion. Flesh adheres closely to the stone, yellow, and when fully 

 ripe, of a rich, sprightly, sub-acid, agreeable flavour. Ripens 

 about the last of September, and will hang, shrivelling some- 

 what, until severe frosts. 



35. WHITE PERDRIGON. Thomp. Nois. 



Perdrigon blanc. O. Duh. 

 Muitre Claude. 

 Brignole ? 



A very sugary plum, which is largely cultivated in Provence, 

 along with the Brignole, for drying, to form the celebrated 

 Brignole prunes so called from the little town of that name. 

 Thompson, indeed, makes this and the Brignole synonymous, 

 but the French consider them distinct, the Brignole being larger, 

 rather yellower, and dryer. It is probable that the difference is 

 very slight. 



Branches downy. Fruit middle sized, oval, narrowing to- 

 wards the stalk. Skin pale greenish-yellow, with numerous 

 small white dots, and a few red spots on the sunny side thinly 

 coated with bloom. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, slender. 

 Flesh pale yellow, very sweet with a slight perfume, and ad- 

 heres to the stone. Ripens last of August. 



36. YELLOW GAGE, PRINCE'S. P. Man. 



American Yellow Gage, (of some.) 

 White Gage, (of some.) 



The Yellow Gage was raised, so long ago as the year 1783, 

 by the elder Mr. Prince, of Flushing, L. I. It is very common 

 on the Hudson river, but we do not find any description of it in 

 Manning or Kenrick. We have noticed that it is sometimes 

 confounded, at Boston, with the Imperial Gage, which is really 



