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THE PLUM. 



sweet and luscious flavor, separating freely from the stone, which is 

 pointed ; stalk, an inch or more long, downy, inserted in a slight 

 cavity. Season, last of August here ; in Georgia, first of July. Dis- 

 tinguished from Prince's Yellow Gage by its larger stalk and later 

 maturity. 



COE'S GOLDEN DROP. 



Bury Seedling, 

 Coe's Imperial, 



I New Golden Drop, 



Fair's Golden Drop, 

 n Gage. 



This is an English variety. Tree only moderately productive ; 

 and although we should always plant, yet it does not always mature 

 perfectly north of 40 latitude. Branches, smooth ; fruit, large, 

 oval ; suture, well marked, one side enlarged ; skin, light yellow, 

 much dotted or mottled with red on side exposed to sun ; flesh, ad- 

 hering to the stone, yellowish, firm, rather coarse-grained, but rich and 

 sweet ; stalk, three-fourths to an inch long, rather stiff. Season, 

 last of September. The Yellow Egg is often grown under this 

 name at the West. 



DENNISTON'S SUPERB. 



A variety originated in the famous garden of Mr. Denniston, 

 Albany, N. Y. Its great productiveness, together with its period of 

 ripening, more than its quality, makes it desirable. Branches, downy ; 

 fruit, medium, cr rather above, roundish, slightly flattened ; suture, 

 distinct ; skin, pale yellowish, overspread with a thin bloom, and 

 mottled or clouded with purple ; flesh, thick, not juicy, but with rich 

 vinous flavor; stone, small, roundish, from which the flesh parts 

 freely ; stalk, three-fourths inch long, set in a cavity of moderate 

 depth. Season, 15th to 20th August. 



EARLY ORLEANS. 



Wilmot's Early Orleans, 

 New Early Orleans, 



Grimwood's Early Orleans, 

 Hampton Court, 

 Monsieur Hatif. 



New Orleans, 



An English variety, which on account -of its quality and early 

 maturity must always make it popular as an orchard fruit. Branches, 

 downy ; fruit, medium, round oval ; suture, shallow ; skin, dark red- 

 dish purple ; flesh, yellowish green, of rich, brisk flavor, and separat- 

 ing freely from the stone ; stem, usually about half inch long, but 

 varying. Season, first August. 



GREEN GAGE. 



Ida Green Gage, 



Waterloo, 



King of Plums, 



Wilmot's late Green Gage, 



Schuyler Gage, 



Rensselaer Gage, 



Isleworth Green Gage, 



Grosse 



Wilmot's Green Gage, 



Green Gage, 

 New Green Gage, 



Brugnon Gage, 

 Bruyn Gage, 

 Bradford Gage, 

 Reine Claude, 

 Grosse Reine Claude, 

 Reine. 



During the last century, an English family by the name of Gage 



