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Prince's Orange Gage. 



Fruit medium, roundish-oval. Suture moderate. Skin yel- 

 low. Stalk long, set in an open cavity. Flesh light yellow, 

 coarse, juicy, pleasant, but not rich. Adheres to the stone. 

 First of September. 



Red Perdrigon. Lind. Fors. 



Perdrigon Rouge. Nois. 



Foreign. Branches downy. Fruit of medium size, roundish, 

 slightly oval. Skin fine deep red, much lilac bloom. Flesh 

 bright yellow, a little crisp and firm, quite juicy and sweet, and 

 parts from the stone. Last of August to the middle of September. 



Rhinebeck Yellow Gage. 



Origin, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Tree very strong and vigorous. 



Fruit large, oval. Suture deep. Skin yellow. Stalk rather 

 long, inserted by a fleshy ring, without depression. Flesh 

 coarse, juicy, sweet and pleasant. Adheres to the stone. 

 First of September. 



Siamese. 



Branches long, slender, and smooth. Fruit mostly in pairs, 

 distinct, but closely joined on one side, medium sized, obovate. 

 Skin pale yellow, with a white bloom. Flesh yellow, juicy and 

 sprightly, of second rate flavour, and adheres to the stone. 

 Bears abundantly, and ripens about the 10th of September. 



White Apricot. Pr. Pom. Man. 



Fruit medium, roundish, yellow. Flesh rather firm, not 

 sweet, but pleasant, clingstone. Middle of August. 



White Perdrigon. Thomp. Nois. 



Perdi'igon blanc. 0. Dah. Maitre Claude. 



Brignole ? 



Branches downy. Fruit middle sized, oval, narrowing to- 

 wards the stalk. Skin pale greenish -yellow, with numerous 

 small white dots, thinly coated with bloom. Flesh pale yellow, 

 sweet with a slight perfume, and adheres to the st^ ie. Ripens 

 last of August. 



White Damson. Thomp. Lind. 



Late Yellow Damson. Shailer's White Damson. 



White Prune Damson. White Damascene. 



Branches smooth, and of thrifty growth, very productive. 



