342 THE PLUM. 



Damson. (Syn. Common Darnson, Early Damson, 



Damson, Blue Damson.) Small, oval, (an inch long,) 

 purple, bloom thick, blue ; melting, juicy, sub-acid, part- 

 ly free from stone. Early autumn. Profusely productive. 



The Sweet Damson is less acid. The Winter Damson is 

 small, round, purple, bloom copious, with an acid, slight- 

 ly astringent flavor ; it bears enormous crops, which hang 

 uninjured till late in autumn. The Damson makes good 

 preserves. There are several sub-varieties. 



Elfrey. Rather small, oval, blue ; flesh greenish, very 

 sweet, dry, firm, very free from the stone; shoots smooth, 

 leaves glossy. Very productive. Not so good as Or- 

 leans. 



HOWELL'S EARLY. Kather small, oval, .slightly angular, 

 suture obsolete ; skin light brown, often greenish-yellow 

 in the shade ; bloom thin, blue ; stalk three-fourths of 

 an inch long, slender, not sunk ; flesh amber-colored, 

 juicy, sweet, perfumed, free from the small, oval stone. 

 Quite early, ripening a little before the Morocco and Ear- 

 ly Orleans. Shoots slender, grey, downy ; tree very pro- 

 ductive. Newburgh, N. Y. 



Judson. Rather small, roundish, slightly oval, base a little 

 flattened, suture indistinct ; surface a handsome damask 

 or pink, slightly mottled ; stalk one inch long, slender, 

 cavity small, rather deep; flesh juicy, rich, vinous, high- 

 flavored, free from the rather large stone. Ripens a few 

 days before the Green. Gage. Origin, Lansingburgh, N. 

 Y. New. 



Queen Mother. Small, round, an inch in diameter, dark 

 purplish red ; stalk half an inch long ; flesh yellowish, 

 sweet, rich, free from the quite small stone. Rather late 

 Shoots smooth, growth, rather feeble. 



SCHENECTADY CATHERINE. Size small or nearly medium, 

 roundish, slightly narrowed- to the apex; suture rather 

 shallow ; skin deep purple-violet in the shade, slightly 

 netted on the sunny side ; stalk three-fourths of an inch 

 long, slender, cavity deep, narrow; flesh greenish-yellow, 

 melting, sweet, rich, excellent, next to the Green Gage 



