SUPERSEDED BY BETTER SORTS. 4.55 



LITTLE QUEEN CLAUDE. 



Yellow Gage (of the English), I Keine Claude Blanche, I Gonne's Gceen Gage, 

 Petite Eeine Claude, | Small Green Gage, | White Gage. 



Foreign. Branches, smooth. Fruit, small, round, yellowish green, with red spots; flesh, 

 pale yellow. Free-stone. August 



LUCOMBE'S NONSUCH. 



Foreign. Branches, smooth. Fruit, medium, roundish, yellowish green ; flesh, greenish. 

 Cling-stone. August. 



MUSCLE. 

 Foreign. Only grown for stocks. Fruit, oblong, dark red, large stone. 



NECTARINE. 

 Caledonia? | Howell's Large. 



Foreign. Branches, smooth. Fruit, large, roundish, purple ; flesh, greenish yellow, partially 

 cling-stone. August. 



PEOLY'S EAELT BLUE. 



American. Branches, downy. Fruit, medium, oblong, dark blue ; flesh, yellow, partly free 

 August. 



PRINCE'S ORANGE GAGE. 



Fruit, medium, roundish oval ; suture, moderate ; skin, yellow ; stalk, long, set in an 

 open cavity; flesh, light yellow, coarse, juicy, pleasant, but not rich, adheres to the stone. 

 September. 



QUEEN MOTHER. 

 Red Queen Mother, | Pigeon's Heart, | Damas Violet. 



Foreign. Branches, smooth. Fruit, small, round, purplish red in sun, amber in shade 

 flesh, yellow. Free-stone. September. 



BED IMPERIAL. 



Imperial Rouge, | Early Forcing. 



Foreign. Branches, slightly downy. Fruit, large, oval, reddish violet ; flesh, greenish yel- 

 low. Free-stone. September. 



RED PERDRIGON. 

 Perdrigon Rouge. 



Foreign. Branches, downy. Fruit, medium, roundish oval, deep red, lilac bloom ; flesh, 

 yellow. Free-stone. August. 



RHINEBECK YELLOW GAGB. 



Origin, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Tree, very strong and vigorous. 



Fruit, large, oval; suture, deep; skin, yellow; stalk, rather long, inserted by a fleshy 

 ring, without depression ; flesh, coarse, adheres to the stone. September. 



SEMIANA OK BOSTON. 



jht to be the Imperatrice Violette of old Duhamel. We are not pre- 

 it is condemned by all growers, do not think it worth looking after, 

 ^ruit, medium, oval, dark blue ; flesh, harsh, acid. Cling-stone. Sep- 



This has been thought 

 pared to say, and as it 

 Branches, smooth. Fruit, 

 tember. 



SIAMESE. 



American. Branches, smooth. Fruit, grows in pairs, which is its only merit, pale yellow ^ 

 flesh, yellow. Cling-stone. September. 



ST. JOHN'S. 

 Prune de St. Jean. 



Foreign. Branches, downy. Fruit, medium, purplish blue; flesh, greenish yellow. 

 August 



