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and is covered with a thin white bloom ; the flesh is pale yel- 

 low and firm, with sweet and sprightly juice, and separates 

 from the stone. This plum is ranked in England among their 

 best white varieties ; it ripens in September, and the tree is 

 productive. 



WASHINGTON. PR. CAT. PR. HORT. POM. MAG. 



. JIORT. CAT. 



Bolmer' s Washington. Bolmore's Washington. 

 Washington, or Bolmer. New Washington. 

 Franklin. Washington Gage. 

 Superior Gage, > of 'the "Flushing Nurseries for 



Superior Green Gage, ) about twenty years past. 



This tree is remarkable for the size and vigour of its shoots 

 and for the great dimensions, luxuriance, and beauty of its 

 foliage, which presents a striking contrast to that of most other 

 plum trees ; the buds are also large and the shoulder particu- 

 larly prominent : the fruit is of enormous size, and its form 

 rather more round than oval ; it is not surpassed by any other 

 variety in richness, beauty, or exquisite flavour, and in its ex- 

 cellent qualities assimilates more nearly to those of the Green 

 Gage than to any other plum. The origin of this fruit is in- 

 volved in some obscurity ; the title here adopted is of but 

 recent application. The following details, from the pen of 

 Wm. Prince, senior proprietor of the Linnaean Botanic Gar- 

 den, may prove interesting: 



"Some few years ago, Mr. Bolmer, a merchant of New 

 York, finding a tree of this kind in his garden, and deeming 

 it a new variety, presented some scions of it to a number of 

 his acquaintances, from one of whom it received the appella- 

 tion of Bolmer' s Washington. Its extraordinary size and fine 

 Gage flavour, caused it to attract much notice, and supposing 

 it to be a novelty, I procured a tree myself, for which I paid 

 three dollars, a price at which they were readily selling at the 

 time ; but to my great surprise, when its foliage and fruit were 

 developed, I found it an old and familiar acquaintance, which 

 had been cultivated in the Nurseries at Flushing during a long 



