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small ; flesh greenish-yellow, rather firm, rich, sweet, 

 good. Season medium. Shoots downy. 

 Corse's Admiral. Medium or rather large, oval, slightly 

 obovate, much larger on one side ; skin light purple, with 

 yellow specks ; bloom pale lilac ; stalk three-fourths to an 

 inch long, hairy, slightly sunk; flesh greenish-yellow, 

 juicy, sprightly, second-rate. Rather late. Productive. 

 Shoots quite downy. Origin, Montreal. 

 Corse's Field Marshal. Medium or rather large, oval, 

 bright purplish red, handsome ; stalk rather slender, 

 three-fourths of an inch long, slightly sunk; flesh green- 

 ish-yellow, juicy, sub-acid, adhering closely to the long, 

 pointed stone. Season medium. Origin, Montreal. 

 Domine Dull. (Syn. German Prune, of some.) Size me- 

 dium, long-oval, suture very obscure; skin very dark purple, 

 bloom blue; stalk three-fourths of an inch long, scarcely 

 sunk ; flesh juicy, becoming dry, rich, sweet, good. Pro- 

 fusely prod active. Rather late. Origin, Kingston, N. Y. 

 ICKWORTH IMPERATRICE. Medium or rather large, obovate, 

 purple, with irregular streaks of fawn color ; stalk me- 

 dium ; flesh greenish-yellow, sweet, juicy, rich, mostly 

 adhering to the rather small stone. Very late, keeping 

 into winter, becoming dryer and sweeter. Shoots smooth. 

 English. 



LOMBARD. (Syn. Ble'ecker's Scarlet.) Size medium, some- 

 times rather large, 

 round-oval, slightly flat- 

 tened at ends, suture 

 obscure ; skin violet 

 red; stalk very slen- 

 der,half to three-fourths 

 of an inch long, cavity 

 broad; flesh deep yel- 

 low, pleasant, not rich, 

 but of fine quality. Ra- 

 ther early or medium 

 in . season, ripening a 

 week or two before the 

 end of summer. Har- 



264 Frost Gage. Fig. 265 Lombard or , .._ ,, 



Blacker', Scarlet, dy, very prolific, well 



