402 THE PLUM. 



BLUE GAGE. Lind. Mill. 



Azure Hative. Thomp. Black Perdrigon. 

 Little Blue Gage. 



An ordinary little round blue plum, the Azure Hative of the 

 French. 



Branches slender and downy. Fruit quite small and round, 

 Skin dark blue, covered with light blue bloom. Flesh green- 

 ish, juicy, a little acid, somewhat rich, and separates from the 

 stone. Ripe the middle of August. 



BREVOORT'S PURPLE. Floy. Ken. 



New York Purple. Floy. Brevoort's Purple Bolraar. 

 Brevoort's Purple Washington. 



Branches long, smooth. Fruit large, oval. Skin reddish, 

 covered with a violet bloom. Flesh yellowish, soft, juicy, not 

 very sweet, but with considerable vinous flavour ; adheres closely 

 to the stone. Ripe the first of September. 



BYFIELD. Man. 



Branches smooth. Fruit small, round. Skin light yellow 

 Flesh yellow, of good flavour ; adheres to the stone, which is 

 thick. Middle to last of August. Productive. 



CORSE'S ADMIRAL. 



Raised by Henry Corse, Esq., of Montreal, Canada. 



Branches quite downy. Fruit above medium size, oval. Skin 

 light purple, covered with a pale lilac bloom. Flesh greenish- 

 yellow, juicy and sprightly, but second rate in flavour, and ad- 

 hering closely to the stone. A prolific tree. September. 



CORSE'S FIELD MARSHAL. 



Skin lively purplish-red. Fruit rather large, oval. Flesh 

 greenish -yellow, juicy, but a little tart, adheres closely to the 

 stone. Ripe middle of August. 



DIAMOND. Thomp. Man. 



English origin. Branches long, downy. Fruit of the largest 

 size, oval. Skin black, covered with a blue bloom. Flesh deep 

 yellow, coarse-grained, and rather dry a little acid, and with- 

 out flavour ; separates from the long-pointed stone. First of 

 September. 



