RED OR PURPLE PLUMS. 289 



Class II. Red) Blue, or Purple Plums. 



38. ABRICOTE*E ROUGE. Thomp. O. Duh. Nois 



The Abricotee Rouge, or Red Apricot plum, is a French va- 

 riety, of rather pretty colour, but indifferent in flavour, and not 

 comparable to several of our native sorts. 



Branches smooth. Fruit of medium size, oval, considerably 

 flattened at each end. Stalk nearly an inch long, set in a slight 

 cavity. Skin of a fine clear red in the shade, violet in the sun, 

 covered with an abundant blue bloom. Flesh orange colour, 

 sweet, but rather dry, and without much flavour ; separates 

 freely from the stone. Ripens the last of August. 



39. AMERICAN WHEAT. 



A singular little plum, of second quality, received by us from 

 the late Robert Manning. Branches slender, smooth, leaves 

 quite small and light coloured. Fruit quite small, of the shape 

 of a small bullet, dropping from the tree when ripe. Skin pale 

 blue, covered with a white bloom. Stalk slender, half an inch 

 long. Flesh greenish, melting, juicy, and sweet, adheres to 

 the stone. Last of August. Bears abundantly. 



40. BLUE GAGE. Lind. Mill. 



Azure Hative. Thomp. 

 Black Perdrigon. 

 Little Blue Gage. 



An ordinary little round blue plum, the Azure Hdtive of the 

 French, of sweet and pleasant flavour, and very hardy, but the 

 most indifferent of all the Gages. It bears most abundant crops 

 every season, and we have found the seedlings to make good 

 stocks. 



Branches slender and downy. Fruit quite small and round, 

 about three quarters of an inch in diameter. Skin dark blue, 

 covered with light blue bloom. Stalk three fourths of an inch 

 long. Flesh greenish, juicy, a little acid, somewhat rich, and 

 separates from the stone. Ripe the middle of August. 



41. BREVOORT'S PURPLE. Floy. Ken. 



New- York Purple. Floy. 

 Brevoort's Purple Bolraar. 

 Brevoort's Purple Washington. 



Originated by Henry Brevoort, Esq., of New- York, from a 



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