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Thomas. Large, round-oval, sHghtb; irregular, somewhat 

 compressed on the suture ; skin salmon color, with a soft 

 red cheek, and numerous dots; stalk hairy, one-half to 

 three-fourths of an inch long, stout ; cavity small, narrow; 

 flesh pale yellow, somewhat coarse, mild, pleasant, free 

 from the very light-colored stone. Shoots slightly downy. 

 Productive. Season, medium. Origin, Boston. 



Section 11. Fruit medium, in size. 



Coe's Late Red, or Red St. Martin. {Syn. St. Martin, 

 Saint Martin Rouge.) Size medium, roundish, suture dis- 

 tinct on one side, skin light purplish red, bloom ihin, blue; 

 stalk three-fourths of an inch long, scarcely sunk ; flesh 

 rather firm, crisp, rich, vinous. Very late, productive, 

 shoots, downy. A valuable late plum. 



Corse's Nota Bene. Rather large, round, surface pale lilac 

 brown, often dull green in the shade ; bloom light blue, 

 copious; stalk half an inch long, cavity round, flesh 

 greenish, rather firm, crisp, rich vinous. Very late, very 

 productive, shoots downy. A valuable late plum. 



Cruger^s Scarlet. {Syn. Cruger's, Cruger's Seedling.) 

 Medium, approaching small, roundish oval, suture obscure • 

 surface lively red or bright lilac, with numerous yellow 

 dots, pale fawn color in the shade, bloom thin, blueish ; 

 stalk half an inch long, cavity shallow ; flesh deep orange, 

 moderately juicy, mild, agreeable, not rich, good. Sea- 

 son, medium. Shoots downy. Hardy, adapted to light 

 soils, very productive. Origin, New^-York. 



VennistoJi's Red. Medium or rather large, roundish oval, 

 narrowed to the stalk ; suture passing half round ; sur- 

 face a fine light red, with fawn colored dots ; bloom very 

 thin; stalk very long, slender, little sunk; flesh amber- 

 colorfed, rich, good second rate, free from the small, oval, 

 compressed stone. Season medium, or last of summer. 

 Shoots smooth. Origin, Albany, N. Y., probably from 

 a seed of the Lombard or Bleecker's Scarlet. 



Fotheringham . Size medium, obovate, suture distinct ; skin 

 purple in the sun, reddish in the shade, bloom nalc blue ; 



