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How's Amber. 



American. Branches, slightly downy. Fruit, medium, roundish ] skin, 

 amber color, dotted and mottled Math rose ; flesh, yellow, a little coarse, 

 adhering to the stone, rich, fine flavor. Last August. (Hov. Mag.) 



Hudson Gage. 



American. Somewhat like Imperial Gage, hut earlier. Branches, 

 downy. Fruit, medium, oval, enlarged one side; suture, obscure; skin, 

 yellow, clouded as if underneath with stripes of green ; bloom, white ; 

 flesh, greenish, juicy, sprightly, and mostly parts from the stone, which is 

 small ; stalk, half inch long. Early August. 



Huling's Superb. 



This variety we have little doubt will eventually command a place in 

 the first class : at present it has been little grown ; Duane's Purple being 

 almost invariably the variety distributed under this name. Leaves, broad, 

 large: branches, stout, downy, with a swollen knob behind each bud. 

 Fruit, very large, roundish oval, shallow suture; skin, dull greenish yellow, 

 covered with pale bloom ; flesh, greenish yellow, little coarse grain, rich, 

 brisk, sprightly flavor, adheres partially to the stone ; stalk, an inch long, 

 swollen at its junction with the tree, and set in a round, small cavity. 

 Middle August. 



ICKWORTH ImPERATRICE. 

 Knight's No. 6, 

 Foreign. North this does not ripen well ; in the Middle and Southern 

 States it promises yet to become a first-class plum, on account mainly of its 

 period of ripening. Branches, smooth. Fruit, above medium, obovate, 

 purple, with irregular tracings of fawn yellow; flesh, greenish yellow, 

 sweet, juicy, and mostly adhering to a small stone ; stalk, half inch long, 

 thick. Early October. If gathered by hand, wrapped in paper, and laid in 

 a dry place, will keep a month. 



Imperial of Milan. 



Imperiale de Milan, 

 Foreign. Fruit, large, oval, deep purple, juicy, sugary. October. (T. 

 Fi.ivers, in Hort.) 



Isabella. 

 Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit, above medium, oval, dull red, mot- 

 tled ; flesh, yellow, rich, juicy parting freely from the stone when fully 

 ripe ; stalk, three-fourths inch long. Last August. 



Italian Damask. 



Damas d'ltalie. 

 Foreign. Productive; succeeds finely South. Branches, smooth. Fruit, 

 medium, roundish, flattened at the base; suture, half round; skin violet, 

 becoming browTi ; flesh, yellowish green, firm, sweet, separating from a 

 thick oval stone ; stalk, half inch long, slender ; cavity, small. Last August. 

 Bears well in all soils. 



Ives' Washington. 



Ives' Seedling. 

 American. Originated by J. M. Ives, Salem, Mass. Branches, smooth; 

 buds, prominent; good grower and productive, not as yet much known; 



