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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 belovr 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 witk numerous white dots ; stalk, half an inch 

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

 juicy, sweet, with a rich flavor, 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 yello 

 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 j stem, five-eighths of an inch, 

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

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



GENERAL HAND. 



Montgomery* 



American. Branches, nearly smooth. Fruit, large, roundish oval, yellcw 

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



GERMAN PRUNE. 



Quetache, I Turkish Quetsche, I Damask. 



Common Quetsche, Leipzic, Qnetsche Grosse, 



True German Prune, | Sweet Prune, | Prune d'Allemagen. 



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

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

 flesh, 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 sise, and a great bearer. (Gundaker in Hort.) 



