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EARLY YELLOW PRUNE. 



Tree vigorous and very productive. Branches downy. Fnnt 

 rather large, oval. Skin yellow, with a very slight bloom, and 

 dotted with red in the sun. Stalk of medium length, inserted 

 in a small cavity. Flesh yellow, sweet, juicy, with somewhat 

 of a melon flavour. Separates from the stone. Ripens middle 

 of August. 



EMERALD DROP. 



Origin, Newburgh, N. Y. Tree moderately vigorous, and 

 very productive. 



Branches long and smooth. Fruit of medium size, long-oval. 

 Suture strongly marked, and the fruit larger on one of its sides. 

 Skin pale yellowish-green, sometimes dull green only, in the 

 shade. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, inserted with 

 scarcely any depression. Flesh greenish-yellow, very juicy, ad- 

 heres somewhat to the stone, which is long and pointed. Last 

 of August. 



ENGLISH WHEAT. 



Fruit medium, roundish-oval, suture moderate. Skin red- 

 dish-purple, with a blue bloom, covered with numerous white 

 dots. Stalk half an inch long, rather strong, set in a rather 

 deep cavity. Flesh yellow, a little coarse, juicy, sweet, with a 

 rich flavour. It adheres to the stone. Ripens the last of August. 



ITALIAN PRUNE. 



Prune d' Italic. Fellenberg. 



Branches grey, smooth. Fruit medium oval, suture mode- 

 rate. Skin dark blue, with a bloom. Stalk an inch long, rather 

 stout, inserted in a very small cavity. Flesh dark yellow, juicy, 

 sweet, and good. Separates from the stone. Ripens first of 

 October. 



FROST GAGE. Pom. Man. 

 Frost Plum. 



A late plum, scarcely yielding to any other late variety in the 

 excellence of its flavour. It appears to have originated in Fish- 

 kill, Dutchess county, N. Y., where it has, for many years past, 

 been most extensively cultivated for market ; but of late has 

 been so subject to knots that it is not now much grown. 



Branches smooth. Fruit rather below medium size, roundish 

 oval, with a distinct suture on one side. Skin deep purple, 

 with a few brown specks, and a thin bloom. Stalk half to 



