390 THE PLUM. 



Nectarine. Thomp. Lind. 



Caledonian, Peach Plum. ) incorrectly 



Howell's Large. Prune Peche. f of some. 



Jenkins' Imperial. Louis Philippe. 



Tree vioorous, upright, stont, blunt, purplish shoots, nearly 

 smooth. A fine looking fruit, of foreign origin, but only of 

 second quality. 



Fruit of the largest size, regularly formed, roundish. Stalk 

 about half an inch long, rather stout, and set in a wide shallow 

 depression. Skin purple, dusted with a blue bloom. Flesh dull 

 greenish-yellow, becoming tinged with red at maturity, a little 

 coarse grained, with a rich, brisk flavour, and adhering partially 

 to the stone. A good and regular bearer. Ripens about the 

 15th of August. 



Orange. 

 Orange Gage, {of some.)* 



Origin, Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., N. Y. Tree a vigorous 

 grower, productive. 



Branches stout and smooth. Fruit very large, oval, flattened 

 at both ends. Skin bronze-yellow, marked with roughish white 

 dots, and clouded with purplish red near the stalk. The latter 

 is three-fourths of an inch long, rather rough, inserted in a nar- 

 row round cavity. Flesh deep yellow, a little coarse grained, 

 but with acid flavour when fully ripe. It adheres a little to the 

 stone, which is much compressed and furrowed. Ripens the 

 last of August. 



Orleans. Lind. Thomp. 



Monsieur. ) of the 



Monsieur Ordinaire. J French. 

 Old Orleans. 

 Red Damask. 



A popular English market plum, being hardy and uniformly 

 productive. 



Branches grey, and very downy. Fruit middle sized, round, 

 a little enlarged on one side of the distinct suture. Skin dark 

 red, becoming purple in the sun. Flesh yellowish, sweet, mixed 

 with acid, and separates freely from the stone. Ripens a little 

 after the middle of August. 



* There is a groat propensity for calling every plum of merit a Gage, 

 in this part of the country. As this has no resemblance whatever to the 

 original type of this class, we drop that part of its name. 



