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yellowish green; form, roundish; size, 1; stone, separa- 

 ting; quality, 1; use, table; flavor, rich, excellent; season, 

 July and August. 



Eemarks. — American. Tree upright, thrifty. Bears 

 young and abundantly fruit like the Green Gage, only 

 larger. 



LOMBARD, Bieecker's Scarlet, and Betkmans ScarliL 

 Color, delicate violet red, paler in the shade, dotted with 

 red, and dusted thinly with bloom; form, roundish oval, 

 slightly flattened at either end ; suture obscure ; size, 2 ; 

 stone, adheres ; quality, 2 ; use, table ; flavor, juicy, not 

 rich, pleasant; season, July and August. 



Kemarks. — American. Thrifty, healthy, hardy and 

 ver}^ productive, and has the power of holding its fruit 

 more uninjured than most other sorts from the attacks of 

 that pest, the Curculio. Leaves are much crumpled. 

 Much cultivated and highly esteemed by Mr. P. S. Bush, 

 of Covington, Kentucky, who has raised great crops of 

 this kind with others. Mr. Bush plants his plums in a 

 poultry -yard, in wdiich the fowls arc continuall}' peram- 

 bulating about and roosting on the trees. By this method 

 he succeeds in raising fine crops. Mr. Consedine has suc- 

 ceeded one or two years in obtaining good q.vo^^ by syring- 

 ing his trees wuth a solution of lime and sulphur, mixed 

 together in a barrel, and applied directly after rain. 



Madison. Wood, a little downy ; color, light orange, 

 with greenish yellow^ ; form, roundish oval ; size, 2 ; stone, 

 separating; quality, 1; use, table; flavor, firm, juicy, rich 

 and sweet ; season, vSeptember. 



Eemarks. — From Albany, New York. Hybrid from 

 Bieecker's Gage, and Blue Gage. Matures late, and very 

 hardy. Has been found, by several culti viators, to suit 

 the West very well. 



