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others ripening at same time. Fruit large, oval, deep red, with gray dots ; 

 flesh greenish, coarse. Freestone. September. 



RED IMPERIAL. 



Imperial Rouge, | Early Forcing. 



Foreign. Branches slightly downy. Fruit large, oval, reddish violet ; flesh 

 greenish yellow. Freestone. September. 



RED PERDRIGON. 



Perdrigon Rouge. 



Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, roundish oval, deep red, lilac 

 bloom ; flesh yellow. Freestone. August. 



ST. JOHN'S. 



Prune de St. Jean. 



Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit medium, purplish blue ; flesh greenish 

 yellow. August. 



SEMIANA OF BOSTON. 



. This has been thought to be the Imperatrice Violette of old Duhamel. We 

 are not prepared to say r and as it is condemned by all growers, do not think it 

 worth looking after. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, oval, dark blue ; flesh 

 harsh, acid. Clingstone. September. . 



, . SUISSE. 



Simiana, I Swiss Plum, 



Prune Suisse, Monsieur Tardif, 



Prune d'AUesse. 



Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit above medium, round, violet red ; flesh 

 greenish yellow, acid. Clingstone. September. 



SIAMESE. 



American. Branches smooth, Fruit grows in pairs, which is its only merit, 

 pale yellow ; flesh yellow. Clingstone. September. 



STABELER'S SEEDLING. 



American. Branches downy. Fruit medium, oval, greenish yellow, with 

 white specks ; flesh yellowish. Clingstone. August. 



ST. CATHERINE. 



Foreign. Branches smooth, valued in France for drying, surpassed here by 

 varieties of later origin. Fruit medium, obovate, pale yellow, little red in 

 sun j flesh yellow. Clingstone. September. 



VIRGIN. 



Virginale* 



Foreign. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, roundish, purple ; flesh yellow. 

 Freestone. September. 



