446 THE PLUM. 



promises valuable. Fruit, medium, yellowish, blush in sun, much resembles 

 JefFerson. 



Jaune Hative. 



Catalonian, 

 White Primordian, 

 Amber Primordian, 



Jaune de Catalogue, 

 Prune de St. Barnabec 



D'Avf-ine, 

 Picket's July. 



Foreign. Branches, downy. Fruit, small, oval, pale yellow j flesh, yel- 

 low. Free-stone. July. 



Kirke's. 



Foreign. Branches, smooth. Fruit, medium, round, dark purple, thick 

 blue bloom ; flesh, greenish yellow, firm, rich, separating freely from a 

 broad, flat stone ; stalk, three-fourths inch long. Last August. 



Lady Plum. 



Raised by Isaac Denniston, Albany, N. Y. Tree of slender growth, pro- 

 ductive. It is quite a pretty fruit, esteemed highly for preserving, this 

 being its chief quality. It is a rampant grower, an abundant beaier. 

 Fruit, quite small, oval: stalk, short and stout; color, light yellow, spotted 

 with red : stone, free and small ; flavor, acid. First of September. (E. 

 Dorr in Cult.) 



Langdon's Seedling. 



Raised by Reuben Langdon, of Hartford, Conn. Tree, vigorous and 

 productive ; branches, smooth. Fruit, rather large, roundish oval, with a 

 moderate suture ; skin, reddish purple, covered with a thick bloom ; stalky 

 three-fourths of an inch long, inserted in a rather deep cavity ; flesh, green- 

 ish yellow, juicy, spright?ly, sub-acid, and adheres mostly to the stone. 

 Last of August. (Downing.) • 



Long Scarlet. 



Scarlet Gage. 

 American. Branches downy: fruit, medium, oblong obovate, one side 

 enlarged, tapers towards the stalk, bright red in shade ; bloom, lilac ; flesh, 

 yellow, rich, juicy, adheres to stone : stalk, three-fourths of an inch long 

 in a narrow cavity. Last of August. A good market sort, valued for 

 making jelly. 



Mamelonne. 

 Mamelonne Segerat. , 



Foreign. Fruit, medium, round, with a knob-like protuberance where 

 joined to the stalk, occasional specimens with unequal surface ; skin, 

 greenish, spotted with red ; flesh, yellow, juicy, rich, and parts freely from 

 the stone. Early August. 



Manning's Prune. 

 Manning's Long Blue Prune, [ Large Long Blue, | Manning's Long Blue. 

 American. A sub-variety of the German prune, and superior thereto. 

 Branches, smooth. Fruit, large, long oval, a little one-sided ; skin, dark 

 purple, thick blue bloom : flesh, greenish yellow, firm, rather juicy, sweet, 

 pleasant, separates readily from a long, pointed stone; stalk, long, slender. 

 September. 



]\Iartin's Seedling. 



American. Tree, vigorous ; branches, grayish, smooth. Fruit, very 

 large, oblong irregular, yellow, with green stripes : suture, one side, deep, 

 a little sunk at apex; flesh, yellow, rather coarse, sweet, juicy; '^very 

 good ;" adheres to the stone. September. 



