PLUMS. 557 



Grand Duke.* Very large, oval, dark purple, resembling Brad- 

 shaw; flesh firm, sweet, good. Season medium late. Profitable 

 for market in New York. Quite free from rot. Tree not a strong 

 grower, and should be worked on Lombard. 



Hi|;hlander. Large, ovate, irregular ; deep blue with a brownish 

 tinge ; stalk very short, slightly sunk ; juicy, rich, vinous, refresh- 

 ing, excellent. End of September. 



Howell Early. Rather small, oval, slightly angular, suture obso- 

 lete ; skin light brown, often greenish-yellow in the shade ; bloom 

 thin, blue ; stalk three-fourths of an inch long, slender, not sunk ; 

 flesh amber-colored, juicy, sweet, perfumed, free from the small, 

 oval stone. First of August. Shoots slender, gray, downy ; tree 

 productive. 



Hudson River Purple Egg.* Large, oval, reddish-purple; flesh 

 juicy sweet, not ricli but very good. One of the most vigorous of 

 all plums, but bears heavily only with age. Midseason. Valu- 

 able for market. 



Ickworth Imperatrice. Medium or rather large, obovate ; purple, 

 with irregular streaks of fawn color ; stalk medium ; flesh green- 

 ish-yellow, sweet, juicy, rich, mostly adhering to the rather small 

 stone. Very late, keeping into winter, becoming dryer and 

 sweeter. Shoots smooth. English. 



Isabella. Medium in size or large, oval, slightly narrowed to the 

 b^se ; skin dark dull red, dotted darker ; stalk three-fourths of an 

 inch long, a little hairy, cavity moderate ; flesh yellow, rich, 

 juicy, and slightly adhering to the pointed stone. Shoots quite 

 downy. Season medium. English. 



Italian Damask. Size medium, nearly round, slightly flattened at 

 base ; suture distinct^, passing from base to apex ; surface violet, 

 becoming brown ; stalk half an inch long, slender, cavity small, 

 round ; flesh 3-ellowish-green, firm, sweet, high-flavored, very 

 free from the oval, rather thick stone. Season medium. Shoots 

 smooth. 



Italian Prune. (Fellenberg.) Medium, oval, pointed and tapering 

 at ends, suture small, distinct ; dark purple, with dark-blue bloom ; 

 stalk an inch long, scarcely sunk ; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, 

 sweet, of good qualit}' — freestone. Last of August. Extensively 

 grown on the Pacific coast for prunes, and a profitable market 

 variety in the East. Can hang on the tree several weeks after 

 ripening. Fig. 746. 



Judson. Rather small, roundish, slightly oval, base a little flat- 

 tened, suture indistinct; surface a handsome damask or pink, 

 slightly mottled ; stalk one inch long, slender, cavity small, rathei 

 deep ; flesh juicy, rich, vinous, high-flavored, free from the rathei 

 large stone. Ripens first of August. Origin, Lansiugburgh, 



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