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RIVERS' FAVORITE. 



Elvers' Early No. 1. 



Foreign. Branches, downy. Fruit, medium, roundish oval, purple ; 

 flesh, meJting, rich, sweet. Early August. 



RIVERS' PROLIFIC. 



Elvers Early No. i. 



Foreign. Branches, smooth. Fruit, little above medium, roundish oval, 

 purple ; flesh, yellowish, rich, sweet, excellent flavor. Early August. 



ROYALE. 



La Eoyale. 



Foreign. Branches, very downy. Fruit, medium or slightly above, 

 roundish, reddish purple, with light brown specks, thick, pale bloom ; flesh, 

 dull yellow, rather firm, juicy, vinous, parts freely from a small, roundish 

 {tone : stalk, three-fourths inch ; cavity, narrow. Last August, and hangs 

 U> middle September. 



ROYAL DE TOURS. 



Eoyal Tours. 



Foreign. Branches, downy. Fruit, large, roundish ; suture, deep, giv- 

 ing appearance of one side enlarged, lively red in shade, violet in sun, min- 

 ute golden dots, blue bloom ; stalk, stout ; cavity narrow ; flesh, greenish, 

 firm, with abundant juice ; adheres closely to large, oval flattened stone. 

 Early August. 



ROYAL HATIVE. 



Mirian. 



Foreign. Slow grower, and tender tree far North : branches, downy. 

 Fruit, medium, roundish, light purple, dotted little with dull yellow ; flesh, 

 amber color, rich, parts from stone ; stalk, half-inch long, stout ; stone, 

 small. Last July. 



ST. CATHERINE. 



Foreign. Branches, smooth ; valued in France for drying, surpassed 

 here by varieties of later origin. Fruit, medium, obovate, pale yellow, 

 little red in sun ; flesh, yellow. Cling-stone. September. 



SCHENECTADY. 

 Schenectady Catherine. 



An American Plum, originated at Schenectady, N. Y., and first intro- 

 duced to notice and described by Dr. Herman Wendell. Tree, thrifty, 

 hardy, and prolific. Branches, smooth, rather slender; fruit, above me- 

 dium, roundish oval, broadest and slightly depressed at stem end; suture, 

 shallow ; skin, rich, deep purple, slightly netted on the sunny side ; flesh, 

 greenish yellow, fine-grained, melting, juicy, rich, sweet, delicious flavor ; 

 stone, small, thick, ovate, parts readily from the flesh; stalk, three-fourths 

 inch long, rather slender, inserted in a deep, narrow cavity. Last August. 



SCHUYLER GAGE. 



American. Origin, Albany, N. Y. Tree, upright grower ; branches, 

 gray, smooth. Fruit, medium, oval ; suture, indistinct ; yellow, with small 

 green splashes, dots and shades of red in sun, thin bloom ; stalk, long, 

 curved : flesh, yellow, juicy, sweet, rich, high flavor, separates freely from 

 the stone. September, 



