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use, table ; juicy, sweet and pleasantly flavored ; season, 

 August. 



Eemarks. — ^Though not equal to the Washington, Impe- 

 rial Gage, Jefferson, and some American plums, it pos- 

 sesses a combination of qualities which render it a very 

 desirable variety. It is nearly as large as the Washing- 

 ton, and quite as beautiful, and hangs longer on the tree 

 than most large plums. The trees arc vigorous, earl}^ in 

 bearing, and produce abundantly. It is very little sub- 

 ject to rot on the tree. For a large collection, it is a desi- 

 rable plum. 



WASHINGTON. Wood, downy ; color, dull yellow, 

 with little spots of red green ; form, roundish oval ; size, 

 1; stone, separating; quality, 1; use, table and kitchen; 

 flavor, firm, sweet ; season, July or August. 



Eemarks. — American. Uniformly hardy and produc- 

 tive. Yery Large. Often free from curculio. Good for 

 market at the North. Recommended by Buchanan, 

 Ernst and AYarder for the vicinity of Cincinnati. "Ex- 

 cellently well adapted for the locality of Cincinnati." — F. 

 G. Ctxry. 



Wild Eed or Yellow Plum. (P. Americana, Marshall.) 

 Eemarks. — Eruit, roundish oval, skin thick, reddish 

 orange, with a juicy, yellow, sub-acid j^ulp. The leaves 

 are ovate, coarsely serrate, and the old branches rough 

 and somewhat thorny. Grows in hedges and by the 

 banks of streams, from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. 

 Tree from ten to fifteen feet high. Fruit ripens in July 

 or August. 



Yellow Egg. See Egg Yellow. Wood, smooth ; color, 

 yellow ; form, ovate ; size, 1 ; stone, adheres ; quality, 2 ; 

 use, kitchen ; flavor, not high, rather poor; season. August. 



