THE PLUM. 



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remarkable tenacity to the tree ; very productive. Fruit large, 

 necked. Stalk long, inserted in a ring. Colour rich yellow, 

 dotted and shaded with carmine ; bloom lilac. Skin thick ; 

 flesh rather coarse, but very sugary, rich, and delicious some- 

 what adherent to the stone. Ripe in September. (E. Dorr in 

 Cult.) 



HUDSON GAGE. 



Raised by L. U. Lawrence, of Hudson, N. Y. Tree thrifty, 

 productive. 



Branches downy. Fruit of medium size, oval, a little enlarg- 

 ed on one side of the obscure suture. Skin yellow, clouded 

 with green streaks under the skin, and covered with a thin 

 white bloom. Stalk short, little more than half an inch long, 

 inserted in a moderate hollow. Flesh greenish, very juicy and 

 melting, with a rich, sprightly, excellent flavour. It separates 

 from the stone, (adhering very slightly,) which is quite small. 

 First week in August, two weeks before the Washington. 



IMPERIAL GAGE. Pom. Man. Ken. 



Flushing Gage. ITiomp. Floy. 

 White Gage, of Boston. 



Prince's Imperial Gage. 

 Superiour Green Gage. 



The Imperial Gage has long 

 enjoyed the reputation of one 

 of the most excellent and pro- 

 ductive of plums. It was rais- 

 ed at Prince's Nursery, Flush- 

 ing, N. Y., from the seed of 

 the Green Gage, and the fact 

 of the fruit of a single tree 

 near Boston having produced 

 fruit to the value of nearly fif- 

 ty dollars, annually, has often 

 been repeated as a proof of the 

 profit of its cultivation for mar- 

 ket. It should be remarked, 

 however, as an exception to 

 the general rule, that it is pe- 

 culiarly fitted for dry, light 

 soils, where many sorts drop 7 Q 



their fruit, and that in rich 

 heavy soils, like those of Albany, the fruit is often insipid. 



The tree grows freely and rises rapidly, and has long dark 

 shoots and leaves, slightly downy. Fruit rather above medium 

 size, oval, with a distinct suture. Stalk nearly an inch long, 

 slightly hairy, and pretty stout, inserted in an even hollow. 

 Skin pale green, until fully ripe, when it is tinged with yellow, 



