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to one inch long, in shallow cavity. Flesh juicy, melting, quite 

 sweet, best in quality ; stone free. 



Purple Gage. Medium size, roundish, flattened at ends; suture 

 distinct, in a depression; color violet with light-blue bloom; stalk one 

 inch long, curved, in narrow cavity. Flesh firm, greenish yellow, 

 sugary, flavor best; very good. Europe. Domestica. 



Purple Reine Claude (Heine Claude Violetle}. Size medium, 

 roundish; color purple with blue bloom; stem short, stout, inserted 

 in shallow cavity. Flesh greenish yellow, rich, sugary; quality best. 

 A valuable home variety. East of the lakes. 



Quackenboss. Large, roundish oval; color deep purple with blue 

 bloom and blue dots; stalk quite long in flaring shallow cavity; 

 suture a line. Flesh with greenish shade, firm, rather coarse, 

 sprightly; quality fair to good; semi-cling. One of the hardiest of 

 the Domestica group. New York. 



Red June (Red N agate}. Medium to large, roundish conical; 

 color coppery red marbled with purple red, with smooth glossy sur- 

 face of skin; dots numerous, small, light- 

 colored; cavity large, regular, and deep, 

 with leather-cracking of surface; suture 

 distinct to apex and often to opposite 

 side. Flesh pale yellowish white, veined, 

 tender, melting, subacid; quality good; 

 nearly freestone. Tri flora. 



Richland. Medium to small, ovalj 

 pointed at both ends; color reddish 

 purple with thin blue bloom; suture not 

 very distinct; stem three-quarters to one 

 inch long, slender, in narrow deep cavity, 

 greenish yellow, juicy, sugary, very good; 



Flesh freestone when fully ripe. Has proven hardy west of the great 

 lakes. Domestica. 



Royale Hative (Early Royal}. Medium in size, roundish, widest at 

 the base; color light purple, dotted and streaked with brownish yel- 

 low;' bloom blue; stalk half an inch long, stout, inserted \\ithout 

 cavity. Flesh yellowish, rich; high-flavored, very good; stone free. 

 Domestica. France. 



Russian Mirabelle. Small, round, flattened at each end; color 

 bright yellow; suture indistinct, but well defined as it passes the apex 



