FRUITS VARIETIES AND CULTURE. C19 



good; not equal to the description in the books. As the 

 tree bears abundantly, and the fruit ripens late, hangs 

 long on the tree, and is entirely free from decay, it is 

 indispensable. The handsomest of all plums. Ripens 

 last of July and first of August. 



Imperial Gage. — Fruit large, oval, greenish-yellow; 



Fig. 262— Jefferson. 



quality excellent. Ripens in July, and it is very produc- 

 tive. 



Lombard. — Fruit medium size, round-ovate, violet red 

 in color, flesh yellow; good quality. This plum is adapted 

 to light soils, and it is an early, productive variety. 



Prince's Yellow Gage. — Fruit medium size, broad- 

 est toward the stalk; suture slight; skin golden yellow, 

 slightly clouded, and with copious white bloom; stalk 

 an inch long, inserted in a small cavity; flesh deep yel- 



