ioo Plums and Plum Culture 



DE CAISNE. This variety I know only from the descrip- 

 tion in the catalog of Ellwanger & Barry, which says, "Very 

 large, yellow, excellent, resembles Golden Drop, but ripens 

 much earlier." 



DIAMOND. Fruit oval; size medium to large: cavity 

 medium deep, abrupt ; stem short, stout ; suture shallow ; 

 apex slightly pointed ; color blue ; dots minute ; bloom blue ; 

 stone medium size, oval, oblique at both ends, slightly flat, 

 cling ; quality fair ; season medium. 



Of English origin. 



DRAP D'OR (Cloth of Gold). Fruit round; size medium 

 or smaller; cavity shallow; stem slender; suture indistinct; 



color yellow ; dots a few, some reddish ; bloom thin, white ; 

 flesh yellow; stone free; flavor rich and sugary; quality 

 very good; season early. 



Very much like Green Gage, but a week earlier. An old 

 European variety, now hardly known in America. 



DUANE (Duane's Purple). Fruit irregularly egg-shaped; 

 size large to very large ; cavity shallow, rounded ; stem slen- 

 der, medium long; suture shallow; color red or purplish, like 

 Lombard, but a little darker, changing to dark blue ; dots 

 several, large ; bloom whitish or gray ; skin rather tough : 

 flesh light yellow, meaty; stone medium size, oval, blunt, 

 rough, slightly flattened, cling or nearly so; quality good: 

 season early; tree vigorous. 



