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perpetuated. Let it be, to the end of time, Bohnar^s 

 Washington. 



The reader will please correct with his pen an error 

 which occurs in our description (p. 298) and which was 

 overlooked when the pages were passing through the press. 

 Say — Fruit, regularly formed, nearly round, two and a 

 quarter inches in length ; and two inches and one-eighth 

 in diameter. 



No. 69. Bleecker's Gage. 



Produced from seed, says Manning, by the Rev. Mr. 

 Bleecker, of Albany, N. Y. The form oval, nearly round, 

 skin a dark yellow with dark red spots and blotches. The 

 flesh is rich and excellent, a great bearer. Ripe in Sept. 

 Downing says of it: "Raised by Mrs. Bleecker .30 years 

 ago from a prune pit given her by the R,ev. Mr. Dull, of 

 Kingston, N. Y., which he received from Germany." 



70. Dana's Yellow Gage. 



A native, says Manning, of Ipswich, Mass. ; of a pale 

 yellow, medium size ; Jlesh sweet and juicy ; ripe in 

 August and September. 



71. Duane's Purple. Manning. 



The same as known by some cultivators as " Duane's 

 Purple French." Originally imported from France 

 by J. Duane, of Duanesburgh, N. Y., the nam.e having 

 been by some means lost. Future research will doubtless 

 identify it with its true name. We have not seen the fruit 

 in perfection but infer that the figure of it by Dov.'ning is 

 too large, as in his book it appears much larger than 

 Bolmar's Washington, of which the author says he has seen 

 fruit seven inches and a quarter in circumference. 



The tree is readily known by the gray color of the 

 wood ; and the large, woolly, under surface of the leaf. 



72. Gros Reine Claude. Murraifs Reine Claude. 

 Nursery Cat. 



Originally introduced from France, by John R. Murray, 

 Esq., of this city. Similar in many respects to the Green 



