THE PLUM. 143 



SELECTION OF VARIETIES. 



White Primordian, Early Yellow, or Jaune Na- 

 tive, is one of the very earliest of plums, ripening 

 generally in western New- York about the middle 

 of the seventh month, (July.) It is a small yellow 

 fruit, a good bearer, with a sweet and good flavor. 

 It appears to be the best plum at the season. 



Morocco. This is a small plum, very productive, 

 skin a dark purple, flesh juicy and high flavored. 

 It ripens early in the eighth month, (August.) 



Wilmofs Early Orleans. A large fine fruit, 

 ripening with the Morocco. 



Green Gage. This is generally admitted to be 

 the finest of all plums ; the genuine fruit is of me- 

 dium size, and round ; the stalk half an inch long, 

 a little bent and inserted in a small funnel-shaped 

 cavity ; the skin is yellowish green, when fully ripe 

 nearly yellow, mottled with russety red near the 

 stem ; flesh melting, separating imperfectly from 

 the stone, juicy, sugary, and of exquisite flavor. 

 There are many varieties cultivated under the 

 name of Green Gage, originated by planting the 

 stones of the genuine variety, but greatly inferior 

 in flavor. There are other varieties of a small 

 green plum, scarcely worth cultivating, which are 

 frequently found in the gardens of our farmers, 

 also called the Green Gage, but they bear no re- 

 semblance to the genuine fruit. 



Imperial Gage. Fruit large, and the tree very 



