166 DESCRIPTIONS 



24. LUSCOMBE'S NONSUCH. 



Fruit of the medium size, roumlisli. Color yellowish green, and bloomed with yellow 

 orange ; suture wide ; taste subacid, mingled with sweet. Less valuable than the Green 

 Gage. 



25. ST. CATHARINE. 



Fruit of the medium size, obovate. Color pale yellow, sometimes tinged reddish in the 

 sun. Stem slender, base scarcely indented. Flesh juicy and fine flavored. 



26. WHITE PEEDRIGON. 



Fruit of the medium size, oval, narrowed at the base. Color pale green ; white and red 

 dots in the sun. Qualities of this plum are not so valuable as the Green Gage, yet it is 

 quite fine. 



27. DAMSON. 



Fruit small, ovate, narrow at base, and without indentation. Color pale yellow, dotted 

 with reddish brown. Ripens late. Tree productive : and fine for preserves. 



Class II. Fruit red, purple or blue. 



Order I. Flesh free. 



28. COLUMBIA. 



Fruit very large, round, wider than high ; base broad, with a shallow depression ; slightly 

 unsymmetrical. Color brownish purple, dotted with fawn or pale colored dots and dis- 

 tinctly bloomed. Flesh yellowish red, juicy, sugary and excellent when ripe. Regarded 

 as one of the noblest of the dark colored plums, 



29. DIAMOND. 



Fruit above the medium size, oval ; base slightly indented, receiving a stem | of an inch 

 long. Color black. Flesh rather coarse, and wanting in juice, acid. Tree productive. 

 Only used for cooking. 



30. RED DIAPER. 



Fruit large, obovate, narrowed at ^^ase. Color reddish purple, bloomed with light blue. 

 Stem I of an inch long; slender. Flesh pale green, juicy and rather rich; quality 

 medium. 



