446 THE PLUM. 



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

 efferson. 



JAUNE HATIVE. 



Catalonian, 

 "White Primordian, 



Jaune de Catalogue, 

 Prune de St. Barnabee, 



D'Avoine, 

 Picket's July. 



Amber Primordian, 



Foreign. Branches, downy. Fruit, small, oval, pale yellow ; 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 bearer. 

 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 ; stalk, 

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

 ish yellow, juicy, sprightly, 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. 



MARTIN'S SEEDLING. 



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

 large, oblong irregular, yellow, with green stripes ; suture, ono side, deep, 

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

 good ;" adheres to the stone. September. 



