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Gage (No. 10) but a larger and finer fruit. The leaves 

 of the tree thicker and more glossy. It is decidedly the 

 best of the numerous varieties known as Gages. 



73. Jefferson. 



A Seedling, raised by the late Judge Buel, of Albany, 

 probably from the Bolmar's Washington. As it has not 

 fruited with us, we copy a description from Dowinng : — 

 " Fruit large, skin a golden yellow, with a beautiful 

 purplish red cheek, and covered with a fine white bloom. 

 Stalk, an inch long, pretty stout. Flesh, a deep orange, 

 parts freely from the stone, which is long and pointed ; 

 rich, juicy and high- flavored. 



74. Laurence's Favorite. 



. This is one of the best of the numerous Seedlings from 

 the Green Gage that have yet appeared. It originated in 

 the City of Hudson, N. Y., in the garden of the gentleman 

 whose name it bears. The climate and the soil in the 

 neighborhood of the cities of Hudson and Albany, and 

 indeed of most of the towns on the North River, are 

 exceedingly congenial to the Plum ; and almost in- 

 numerable are the varieties, that from these quarters, 

 appear in our markets. This is especially the case with 

 varieties raised from the " Gages.'' Some of them are 

 of good size and desirable, others small and worthless. 



75. Paddock's Magnum Bonum. 



According to the statement of the gentleman from whom 

 we received this variety, in 1933, it originated from a pit 

 brought from Pvussia by Capt. Paddock in the year 1805. 

 It is a very valuable addition. Fruit, large, nearly egg 

 shaped ; measuring six inches in the longer circumference, 

 and in the other five and a quarter. Skin, reddish purple, 

 with a light blue bloom, darker on the shaded side, with 

 very fine yellow specks. Flesh, firm, yellow, and rich, 

 adhering to the stone which is large and flat, oval and 

 pitted. 



