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Plums. 



Wax. Large, slightly oval, rich yellow, mostly covered with red, 

 bloom lilac, stalk long ; flesh greenish yellow, juicy, sprightly 

 freestone. October. Albany, N. Y. 



DIVISION II. GREEN, WHITE, OR YELLOW. 



Albany Beauty. (Denniston's Albany Beauty.) Size medium or 

 rather small, roundish-oval, with a slight neck at base, suture 

 obscure ; surface pale whitish green, purple dots numerous, bloom 

 thin ; stalk an inch or more long, slender, scarcely sunk ; flesh 



. yellow, moderately juicy, rich, sweet, free from the small, pointed 

 stone. Ripens the last week in August. Shoots slightly downy. 

 Origin, Albany, N. Y. 



Apricot. (French Apricot.) Size medium or rather large, roundish, 

 suture deep ; stalk scarcely half an inch long ; surface yellow, 

 dotted and tinged with red in the sun ; bloom white ; flesh yel- 

 low, rather firm, slightly bitter, becoming, when ripe, melting, 

 juicy, and pleasant. Rather early. Shoots quite downy. 



The English Apricot plum is a third-rate, clingstone, oval fruit, with 

 smooth shoots. 



Autumn Gage. (Roe's Autumn Gage.) 

 Size medium, ovate, slightly conical ; 

 stalk three-fourths of an inch long, 

 not sunk ; surface pale yellow, 

 bloom thin, whitish ; flesh greenish 

 yellow, juicy, sweet, delicate, plea- 

 sant, free from the long, pointed, 

 compressed stone. Leaves pointed, 

 shoots smooth, spreading. Ripens 

 rather late. Growth very slow. 

 Very productive. Origin, New- 

 burgh, N. Y. 



BLEECKER'S GAGE. Size medium ; 

 roundish-oval, regular, suture ob- 

 scure ; stalk an inch long, rather 

 stout, downy, slightly sunk ; skin 

 yellow, with sunken white specks ; 

 bloom thin, white ; flesh yellow, 

 rich, sweet, luscious, partly free 

 from the pointed stone. Ripens at 

 the end of summer. Shoots downy. 

 Distinguished from Prince's Yellow 

 by its larger stalk and later maturity. Origin, Albany, 



