THE PLUM. 917 



GOLIATH. 



Caledonian. Saint Cloud. 



Steers's Emperor. "Wilmot's late Orleans. 



A large and handsome Plum. It is easily distinguished from the 

 Nectarine Plum, with which it has been confounded, by its gray, very 

 downy shoots. 



Fruit large, roundish oblong, enlarged on one side of the suture. 

 Skin a fine deep red, approaching purple, a little paler in the shade, 

 dusted with a thin blue bloom. Flesh yellow, adheres considerably to the 

 stone, rather juicy, with a brisk, sprightly flavor. Good. Last of 

 August. 



GONNE. 

 Prune Gonne. 



A large and handsome Belgian Plum. Tree vigorous productive. 

 Branches downy. 



Fruit large, roundish oval. Suture distinct. Skin reddish purple, 

 with carmine dots and specks in sun, thin bloom. Flesh yellowish, 

 rather coarse, juicy, melting, sweet ; separates from the stone. Early 

 September. (An. Pom.) 



GREAT DAMASK VIOLET OF TOURS. 



Gros Damas de Tours. Largest Damask of Tours. 



Damas de Tours gros. 



This French Plum is described by Lindley, whom we copy. Branches 

 downy. 



Fruit medium, somewhat oval. Skin dark blue, covered with a vio- 

 let bloom. Flesh yellow, and loosely adheres to the stone. Early 

 August. 



GREEN GAGE. 



Bruyn Gage. Abricot Vert. Schuyler Gage, incorrectly . 



Bradford Gage. Dauphine. Trompe Garc;on. 



Wilmot's Green Gage . Louis Brun ? Trompe Valet. 



New Green Gage. Abricotee Sageret ? Verducia. 



Late Green Gage. Ida Gage. Verdochio. 



Isleworth Green Gage. Cant's late Green Gage. Verte Tiquetee. 



Brugnon Gage. Aloise's Green Gage. Murray's Reine Claudia. 



Reine Claude. Goring's Golden Gage. Huling's Reine Claudia. 



Grosse Reine Claude Great Green Damask. Reine Claudia blanche la grosso. 



Grosse Reine. Ida Green Gage. Gros Damas vert. 



Damas Vert. Mirabelle Vert Double. Livingston Manor. 



Sucrin Vert. Queen Claudia. Reine Claude Doree. 



Vert Bonne. Rensselaer Gage. 



The Green Gage is universally admitted to hold the first rank in 

 flavor among all Plums, and is everywhere highly esteemed. In France 

 this variety is generally known as the Heine Claude, having, it is said, 

 been introduced into that country by Queen Claude, wife of Francis I. 

 During the last century an English family by the name of Gage ob- 

 tained a number of fruit-trees among the monks of Chartreuse, near Paris. 

 Among them was a tree of this plum, which, having lost its name, was 



