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roundish ; stalk, three fourths inch long, inserted without depression. 

 Season, middle to last of August. 



MADISON. 



An accidental seedling in the Denniston Garden, Albany, N. Y. ; 

 and, according to Dr. Herman Wendell, a hybrid from Bleecker's 

 Gage and Blue Gage. Its flavor, late period of maturity, and hardi- 

 hood, commend it to a first place. Branches, slender, smooth; 

 leaves, light green, slightly downy ; fruit, medium, roundish oval ; 

 suture, slight ; skin, light orange, with a cast of greenish yellow, in 

 sun mottled and spotted with lake carmine, bloom thin, delicate ; 

 flesh, yellow, firm, juicy, rich and sweet, agreeable flavor, separates 

 freely from the stone, which is small, oval, pointed ; stalk, three- 

 fourths inch long, inserted in a regular, not deep basin. Season, 

 first to fifteenth October. 



OTTOMAN. 



Imperial Ottoman 



A foreign variety, but from whence is uncertain. We have fruited 

 it several years, and as an early variety have not met its superior. 

 The trees are hardy, regular, not rampant growers, and regular, 

 abundant bearers. Branches, slightly downy ; fruit, medium, round- 

 ish oval, regularly formed ; skin, greenish yellow, marbled with 

 darker shades in stripes underneath ; if permitted to hang it becomes 

 mostly pale yellow, bloom thin ; suture, only half way down on 

 one side ; flesh, yellowish, juicy, rich, sweet, delicious, and when 

 fully ripe parts freely from the stone ; stem, downy, three-fourths 

 inch long, inserted in a cavity of moderate depth. Season, last July. 



PURPLE FAVORITE. 



This variety the late A. J. Downing states to have been planted 

 and grown by his father. Although of dwarfish, slender habit, the 

 trees are very hardy, and bear when young. For large market or- 

 chards it is not as valuable as some other varieties, but in private 

 gardens it should always have a place. Branches, smooth, short- 

 jointed ; fruit, medium, or rather above, roundish obovate ; skin, 

 brownish purple, dotted with golden specks, bloom light blue ; flesh, 

 pale greenish, juicy, sweet and excellent, and separating freely from 

 the stone, which is small ; stalk, three-fourths inch long, depression 

 slight. Season, last of August. 



PURPLE GAGB. 



Reine Claude Violette, | Violet Queen Claude, 

 Die Violette Koning Claudie. 



A foreign variety, moderate bearer, but high flavor. Branches, 



