400 THE PLUM. 



Stalk about an inch long, stout, inserted without cavity, in a 

 folded border. Skin yellow, with numerous white dots, covered 

 with thin white bloom when fully ripe, of a deep gold colour. 

 Flesh yellow, adhering closely to the stone, rather acid until 

 very ripe, when it becomes sweet, though of only second rate 

 flavour. Stem long, and pointed at both ends. A pretty good 

 bearer, though apt, in light soils, to drop from the tree before 

 matured. Middle of August. 



WILKINSON. 



Tree vigorous. Branches smooth, rather slender. Fruit me- 

 dium, oval, slightly necked. Skin reddish-purple, covered with 

 a thick bloom. Stalk medium, set in a small cavity. Flesh 

 dark yellow, rather firm, sweet, not rich or high flavoured. Ad- 

 heres partially to the stone. Ripens the last of September. 



WOOLSTON'S BLACK GAGE. 



English. Fruit round, below medium size, black, very juicy, 

 rich and sugary ; a free grower and great bearer. This and 

 Angeline Burdett are much alike in their fruit, but differ in the 

 habit of the trees. Both have thick skins, which induces them 

 to shrivel on the trees and become luscious sweetmeats. Be- 

 ginning of September. (Riv. Cat.) 



YELLOW GAGE, [of the English.] Thomp. 



Little Queen Claude. Mill Lind. 

 Petite Reine Claude. 0. Duh. 

 Reine Claude Blanche. 



petite espece. 



Small Green Gage. ) of some 

 Gonne's Green Gage. V English 

 White Gage. ) gardens. 



This plum, formerly known, we believe, as the Little Queen 

 Claude, but which has now received the sobriquet of Yellow 

 Gage, we suppose for good reasons, from the head of the fruit 

 department, in the London Horticultural Society's garden, is an 

 old French variety, described by Duhamel. 



Branches smooth and rather long. Fruit below medium size, 

 round, with a distinct suture on one side. Stalk half an inch 

 long, rather slender, inserted in a slight hollow. Skin pale yel- 

 lowish-green, speckled with a few reddish dots, and overspread 

 with a good deal of bloom. Flesh pale yellow, sweet, and 

 pleasant, separates freely from the stone. Ripens about the 

 middle of August. 



