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DIVISION I. GREEN, WHITE, OR YELLOW. 



CLASS I. FLESH NEARLY FREE FROM THE STONE. 

 Section I. Fruit large. 



Ghiston's Early. Large, oval, clear yellow, bloom light ; 

 flesh yellow, of pleasant flavor. Resembles, considerably, 

 the Yellow Egg plum, but the flesh is free from the stone. 

 Rather early, or a fortnight before the first of autumn. 



IMPERIAL GAGE. (Syn. Flushing Gage, Prince's Imperial 

 Gage, White Gage, of Boston.) Fruit rather large, oval, 

 suture distinct ; stalk three-fourths of an inch long, slight- 

 ly hairy, evenly sunk; surface green, slightly tinged yel- 

 low, with marbled green stripes ; bloom copious, white ; 

 flesh greenish, juicy, melting, rich, sometimes adhering, 

 but usually nearly free from the oval, pointed stone. Ri- 

 pens first of autumn. Very productive. Shoots lonjr, 

 upright, vigorous, slightly downy ; leaves with a slight 

 shade of blue. Often insipid on heavy soils. A single 

 tree, near Boston, yielded fifty dollars of fruit in one year. 



JEFFERSON. Large, oval, base slightly narrowed, su- 

 ture slight ; greenish yellow, becoming golden yellow, 

 often faintly reddened to the sun, bloom thin, white, 

 stalk an inch long, surtk little or none ; flesh rich yellow, 

 moderately fine-grained, in well ripened specimens orange, 

 very juicy, nearly free from the long, pointed stone; fla- 

 vor rich, luscious, excellent. As large as the Washing- 

 ton, and though inferior to the Green Gage and some 

 others in flavor, it is one of the most valuable of all plums. 

 Ripens end of summer. Origin, Albany. Shoots smooth, 

 growth closely resembles Coe's Golden drop. 



LAWRENCE'S FAVORITE. (Syn. Lawrence Gage.) Large, 

 roundish, sl'ghtly oblong-oval, obtuse ; surface dull yel- 

 lowish-green, clouded darker ; bloom light, blueish-green ; 

 base, when ripe, with a brownish-red net-work and dots ; 

 stalk half an inch long, small, cavity narrow; flesh, 

 greenish, melting, juicy, rich, excellent; next to the 

 Green Gage in quality. Shoots short, rather upright, 



