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lowish dots, and thickly covered with blue bloom. Stalk 

 an inch long, inserted in a small, narrow cavity. Flesh 

 orange, with a rich, sugary, and delicious flavour, sepa- 

 rating from the stone. Shoots downy. Bipe in the 

 niddle of September. 



Columbia Gage. See Columbia. 



Cooper's Blue Gage. See Blue Gage. 



COOPER'S LARGE (Cooper's Large American ; Coopers 

 Large Red ; La Delicieuse}. Fruit above medium size, 

 oval, considerably enlarged on one side of the suture, 

 which is broad and shallow. Skin pale yellow on the 

 shaded side, and dark purple on the side next the sun, 

 covered with numerous brown dots. Stalk an inch long, 

 inserted in a small cavity. Flesh yellowish-green, juicy, 

 with a rich and delicious flavour, separating from the 

 stone. Shoots smooth. Bipe in the end of September 

 and beginning of October. 



CORSE'S ADMIRAL. Fruit large, the size of Bed Mag- 

 num Bonum ; oval, considerably swollen on one side of 

 the suture, which is deep and well defined. Skin light 

 purple, dotted with yellow dots, and covered with pale 

 lilac bloom. Stalk an inch long, inserted in a small 

 cavity. Flesh greenish-yellow, brisk and juicy, pleasantly 

 flavoured, and adhering closely to the stone. Shoots 

 downy. 



A preserving plum. Eipe in the end of September. 



CORSE'S NOTA BENE. Fruit large, round. Skin 

 brownish-purple, with somewhat of a greenish tinge on 

 the shaded side, and thickly covered with pale blue 

 bloom. Stalk half an inch long, inserted in a small round 

 cavity. Flesh greenish, firm and juicy, with a rich, 

 sugary flavour, separating from the stone. Shoots 

 smooth. 



A dessert plum. Bipe in the middle and end of 

 September. 



Damas Blanc. See White Damask. 

 Damas Blanc Gros. See White Damask. 

 Damas Blanc Hatif Gros. See White Damask. 



DAMAS DRONET. Fruit small, oval, and without any 

 apparent suture. Skin bright green, changing to yel- 

 lowish as it ripens, covered with a very thin light bloom. 

 Stalk half an inch long, slender, inserted in a narrow and 



