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Branches^ slender, smooth ; leaves^ light green, slightly downy. Fruity 

 medium, roundish oval; suture^ slight: skin, light orange, with a cast of 

 greenish yellow, in sun, mottled and spotted with lake carmine ; bloom, thin, 

 delicate; jiesh^ yellow, firm, juicy, rich and sweet, agreeable flavor, sepa- 

 rates freely from the stone, which is small, oval, pointed ; stalk., three- 

 foarths inch long, inserted in a regular, not deep basin. First to fifteenth 

 October. 



McLaughlin. 



An American variety, raised by James McLaughlin, Bangor, Maine. 

 The tree is^very thrifty, making stout, vigorous shoots of four to six feet in. 

 a season, but fdflfning a round, regular head. Originating so far North, it 

 will unquestionably prove a most valuable variety for Northern culture. 

 The fruit, in character of quality, resembles the variety just previously 

 described. jBrancAc^, smooth ; /cares, broad, glossy. JVwi/, above medium, 

 roundish, flattened at ends ; suture., obscure ; skin, thin, tender, russet yel- 

 low, sprinkled with a red tinge, which deepens to a purplish hue around 

 the stalk: jlesh., adhering to the stone, dull yellow, firm, juicy, excellent; 

 stone., roundish; stalk., three-fourths inch long, inserted without depres- 

 sion. Middle to last of August. 



Morocco. 



Early Morocco, | Early Black Morocco, I Black Damask. 

 Black Morocco, | Eaily Diimask, j 



Foreign. Moderate bearer. Branches downy. Fruit., medium, round- 

 ish, shallow suture ; s/cm, dark purple ; bloom, thin; Jlesh, greenish, yel- 

 low, slightly adhering to the stone, juicy, rich and sweet; stalk, half inch 

 long. Early August. 



Purple Favorite. 



This variety the late A. J. Downing states to have been planted and 

 grown by his father. Although of dwarfish, slender habit, the trees are 

 very hardy, and bear when young. For large market orchards it is not as 

 valuable as some other varieties, but in private gardens it should always have 

 a place. Branches, smooth, short-jointed. Fruit, medium, or rather above, 

 roundish obovate ; skin, brownish purple, dotted with golden specks ; bloom, 

 light blue ; Jlesh, pale greenish, juicy, sweet and excellent, and separating 

 freely from the stone, which is small ; stalk, three-fourths inch long, d<» 

 pression slight. Last of August. 



Purple Gage. 

 Keine Claude Yiolette, | Yiolet Queen Claude, | Die Violette Koning Claudia. 

 A foreign variety, moderate bearer, but high flavor. Branches, smooth, 

 short-jointed. Fruit, medium, roundish, a little flattened; suture, shallovr ; 

 skin, violet, dotted with pale yellow; bloom, light blue : flesh, greenish yel- 

 low, firm, sugary, high flavor : stone, oval, compressed, from wliieli the 

 flesh separates freely ; stalk, an inch long, set in a narrow basin. About. 

 10th September, but vv'ill hang a fortnight, shriveling slightly. 



Prince's Yellow Gage. 

 American Yellow Gage, | "White Gage, | Harvest Gago, 

 A variety produced in 1783, by the elder Mr. Prince, of Flushing, N. 

 Y. The trees are abundant bearers, and the fruit carries well to market, 

 and always sells readily. As a table fruit it is often too dry, and does not 



