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DESCRIPTIONS 



2. GREEN GAGE. 



Fruit of tlie medium size, roundish, or round ; suture 

 rather shallow and indistinct, base scarcely de- 

 pressed for the insertion of the stem. Stem | of an 

 inch long. Color greenish, and when exposed to 

 the sun it receives a slight purplish tint, through 

 which the yellowish green appears in faint blotclies. 

 Flesh free, firm, yellowish green, with whitish fibres 

 running from the stone to the skin, and also tra- 

 versed by whitish lines or veins. Taste sweet, 

 mingled with a pleasant subacid, without an un- 

 pleasant bitterish acid at the skin, highly flavored. 

 Stone destitute of a marginal groove. Ripens in 

 Albany the first of September, and continues two or three weeks 



excellence by any plum in this climate. 



Fig. 1. 



Scarcely exceeded in 



3. JEFFERSON. 



Fruit rather large, oval and slightly elongated, giving thereby a narrowed base, and 

 scarcely depressed ; suture only slight. Color greenish yellow ; in ripening becomes of 

 a golden yellow, and faintly tinged red in the sun. Bloom thin and white. Stem about 

 one inch long. Flesh yellow, juicy and only slightly adherent, or by a few fibres ; 

 flavor rich and excellent. Stone long and pointed. Ripens in Albany the first of Sep- 

 tember. Origin Albany. 



4. LAWRENCE FAVORITE. 



Fruit rather large, oval, height greater than the breadth, wide and flattened at base, de- 

 pression shallow. Color yellowish green ; bloom light, with a tinge of bluish green. 

 Stem rather short. Flesh greenish, juicy, and for excellence stands next to the Green 

 Gage. Ripens the last of August. 



5. WASHINGTON. 



Bolmar, 



Fruit above the medium size, round ; breadth greater than the height ; suture obscure. 



Color yellowish green, and faintly marbled ; in the sun suffused with a faint blush. 



Stem J of an inch long. Flesh yellowish, firm, sweet, free and moderately rich. Ripens 



in the last of August. 



Originated in New- York city, and is a general favorite, though inferior to the Green 

 Gage. Tree productive, has a rapid growth, and succeeds well upon a variety of soils. 



