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PLUMS. 



Size medium, round-oval, suture shallow, stalk half an inch long 

 stout, or longer and slender; cavity moderate; skin reddish- 

 purple, slightly marbled; flesh yellowish-green, rather rich. 

 Early in August. 

 Wilmot's Orleans scarcely differs from the Early Orleans. 



Pig. 7SO-— Pond's Seedling (English). 



Fig. 751.— Prince Englebert. 



Peach.* (Prune PSche.) Very large, roundish-oblate, regular, 

 ' flattened at ends, suture distinct, shallow ; color varying from 

 salmon to light brownish-red ; stalk very short, cavity narrow, 

 shallow I flesh rather coarse, juicy, sprightlj' free from the nearly 

 round, very flat, much furrowed stone. Shoots smooth, vigorous. 

 Quality not very high, moderate bearer, tree somewhat tender. 

 Matures about ten days before the Washington. 



Pond.* (Pond's Seedling, Hungarian Prune.) Very large, ovate, 

 slightly tapering to stalk ; skin thick, reddish-violet, with numer- 

 ous brown dots, and covered with a handsome bloom ; rather 

 coarse, juicy, moderately rich. Middle of September. Tree 

 vigorous, branches smooth, grayish. A beautiful showy fruit. 

 England. Fig. 750. 



Pond's Seedling, of Massachusetts, a very distinct sort, is medium in 

 size, rotmdish, purple ; flesh yellowish, rather dry, sweet with 

 acid, flavofiijioderate or poor. Early. Shoots downy. 



