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Elfret.. 



Elfrey's Prune. 



American. Very productive, always valuable for drying, often very fine 



for the dessert, succeeds admirably at the South ; branches, smooth. Fruit. 



rather below medium size, oval, blue ; flesh, greenish, sweet, parts freely 



from stone. Middle August ; South, first July. 



Emerald Drop. 



American.. Productive ; branches, smooth. Fruit, medium, long oval, 

 one side enlarged, yellowish green ; flesh, greenish yellow, juicy, adheres 

 to the stone ; stalk, three-fourths inch long. Last August. 



English Wheat. 



Fruit, medium, roundish oval ; suture, moderate ; skin, reddish purple, 

 with a blue bloom, covered with numerous white dots ; stalk, half an inch 

 long, rather strong, set in a rather deep cavity ; flesh, yellow, a little coarse, 

 juicy, sweet, with a rich fllavor, adheres to the stone. Ripens the last of 

 August. 



Frost Gage. 



American. Does not answer well in soils of only moderate richness ; 

 requires rich, moist, clayey soil. Branches, slender, upright habit. Fruit, 

 below medium, roundish oval ; suture, half round, deep purple, bloom 

 thin ; flesh, greenish yellow, sweet, adhering to stone ; stalk, three-fourths 

 inch long. First October. 



Fulton. 



Fruit, medium, yellow, roundish ovate, juicy, sweet ; hangs well. No 

 vember. 



Galbraith. 



An early plum, said to have originated with the late Mr. Galbraith, near 

 Boalsburg, Pa ; and is represented as being a straggling grower, but the 

 best early plum cultivated in that vicinity. An inch and a half long, by 

 one and five-sixteenths broad, oval, purple; stem, five-eighths of an inch, 

 by one-fourteenth ; flesh, tender, juicy, adherent to the stone ; flavor, lus 

 cious ; quality, " very good." if not "best.' (W. D. B.) 



General Hand. 

 Montgomery. 

 American. Branches, nearly smooth. Fruit, large, roundish oval, yelk w 

 marbled; flesh, pale yellow. Free-stone. September. 



Quetsche, 

 Common Quetsche, 

 True German Prune, 



German Prune, 



Turkisli Quetsche, 



Leipzic, 



Sweet Prune, 



Damask. 

 Quetsche Grosse, 

 Prune d'Allcmagen, 



A variety with numerous sub-varieties, the best of which is " Manning's 

 Prune," previously described. Branches, smooth. Fruit, long oval, purple ; 

 fiesh, greenish. Free-stone. September. 



Gundaker Plum. 



Same origin as the Prune, of a purple color on one side, and the other a 

 light color, heart-shaped, resembling a plum called Golden Drop, but larger 

 in size, and a great bearer. (Gundaker in Hort.) 



