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stem short;' suture faint; color dull green, yellowing slightly 

 in the sun ; dots many, small, whitish ; bloom white ; skin 

 thin ; flesh greenish-yellow ; stone medium size, oval, hardly 

 flattened, cling; flavor rich and sweet; quality extra; season 

 medium early; tree large and vigorous. 



Seedling of Green Gage grown by L. U. Lawrence, Hud- 

 son, New York. A fine dessert plum and deserving greater 

 popularity. 





LEIPSIC Fruit oval; size medium to large ;\c#My 0r &&^ ure ' 



dium deep, rounded ; stem medium ; suture a line ; apx very 

 slightly depressed ; color dull red ; dots many, white ; bloom 

 blue ; skin firm ; flesh yellow, meaty ; stone medium size, 

 oval, flattened, cling ; flavor sweet and rich ; quality good. 



A Russian variety of the Lombard type imported by Pro- 

 fessor Budd. Craig says, "this appears to be identical with 

 Merunka." 



LEWIS. Fruit roundish oval ; size large ; cavity medium 

 deep, abrupt; stem short; suture shallow; color red, a little 

 darker than Lombard; dots numerous; bloom- thin, pale 

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