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skin yellow, with sunken white specks ; bloom thin, white ; flesh 

 yellow, rich, sweet, luscious, partly free Irom the pointed stone^ 

 Ripens at the end of summer. Shoots downy. Distinguished 

 from Prince's Yellow Gage by its larger stalk and later maturity. 

 Origin, Albany, N. Y. Fig, 764. 



Bingham. Large (an inch and three-fourths long), oval, rather 

 widest at base ; surface deep yellow, with rich red spots to the 

 sun ; stalk slightly sunk ; flesh yellow, juicy, rich, delicious. 

 Season of ripening medium, or end of summer and first of autumn. 

 Shoots downy. Handsome, productive, and valuable. Origin, 

 Pennsylvania. 



Buel's Favorite. Rather large, ovate, broadest at base ; suture dis- 

 tinct half round ; stalk two-thirds of an inch long, rather stout, 

 little sunk ; surface pale green, thickly sprinkled with lighter dots, 

 base with reddish specks ; flesh greenish-yellow, rather firm, juicy, 

 rich, high-flavored, adhering to the long pointed stone. Ripens 

 at the close of summer. Shoots smooth, reddish. Origin, Albany, 

 N. Y. 



Coe's Golden Drop.* Very large (often more than two inches long) , 

 oval, suture distinct, one side more enlarged, necked ; lightyellow, 

 often dotted red to the sun ; stalk three-fourths of an inch long, 

 rather stiff; flesh yellowish, rather firm, rich, sweet, not fine- 

 grained, closely adhering to the pointed stone. Quite late, does 

 not always riijen at the North — requires a long season. An excel- 

 lent late sort, of English origin. Shoots smooth, rather glossy. 

 Extensively grown on the Pacific coast as the " Silver Prune. " 



Dana's Yellow Gage. Size medium, oval ; pale yellow, marbled 

 with dancer green, bloom very thin ; flesh juicy, lively. Season 

 medium. Very productive. Hardy. Massachusetts. 



De Caradeuc. Medium, round ; yellow with dark red or brown 

 cheek ; well-marked suture ; skin thin ; flesh very juicy, sweet, 

 cling. Early. Considered to be a variety of Prunus cerasifera. 

 Originated in South Carolina. 



Denniston's Superb. Size medium, round, obscurely oval, slightly 

 flattened, suture distinct ; surface pale yellowish green, slightly 

 dotted and clouded with purple, bloom thin; stalk rough, three- 

 fourths of an inch long, moderately sunk; flesh thick (stone 

 small), not juicy, rich, vinous, free from the thick, roundish stone. 

 Ripens rather early, or last fortnight of sumner. Resembles 

 Green Gage, rather earlier, and not so good. Shoots downy. 

 Very productive. Origin, Albany, N. Y. One of the handsomest 

 of plums. 



Downton Imperatrice. Size medium, oval, base tapered or with a 

 neck; skin thin, pale yellow; flesh yellow, melting, acid, becom- 

 ing rather sweet. Ripens late, or end of September. Shoots 

 smooth, long, strong, upright. For preserving. A cross of the 

 White Egg tind Blue Imperatrice. 



i)rap d'Or. (Vellow Perdrigon, Mirabelle Grosse.) Rather small, 

 round, suture indistinct, apex dimpled ; stalk half an inch long, 

 slender ; surface golden yellow, sometimes a few crimson dots to 

 the sun ; flesli yellow, sweet, rich, often half dry, partly adhering 



