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PLUMS. 



Reine Claude de Bavay.* Round-oval ; greenish-yellow, spotted with 

 red, with small, violet-colored, longitudinal veins; flesh rather 

 firm, juicy, sugary, rich, of fine quality, adhering slightly to the 

 stone. Shoots smooth ; leaves roundish, shining — the growth re- 

 sembling Washington, but leaves smaller and shoots slenderer. 

 Very productive. Mid-season. Belgium. 



Schuyler Gage. Size medium, oval, suture moderate; yellow with 

 green splashes, dotted and shaded with red next the sun ; stalk 

 long, curved, slightly sunk; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet, excellent. 

 Resembling Green Gage — free from the stone. Last of September. 

 Tree vigorous, productive. Albany, N. Y. 



St. Catherine. Size medium, obovate, suture very distinct, passing 

 half round ; skin pale yellow, sometimes slightly reddish to the 

 sun, bloom thin, white; stalk three-fourths of an inch long, very 

 slender, slightly sunk; flesh juicy, rather firm, rich, fine. Ripens 

 rather late. Shoots smooth, rather slender. 



St. Martin Quetsche. Size medium, ovate, broadest at base ; sur- 

 face pale yellow, often spotted with brown, bloom white ; flesh 

 yellow, very juicy, rich, excellent. Ripens at mid-autumn and 

 keeps long. Shoots smooth. A profuse bearer. A good late 

 plum. German. Too late for the far North. 



Washing;ton.* (Bolraar, Bolmar's Washington.) Large, often 

 very large, roundish-oval, suture obscure, distinct at base ; sur- 

 face yellowish-green faintly marbled, often with a pale red blush ; 

 stalk one-half to three-fourths of an inch long, slightly downy ; 

 cavity wide, shallow, flesh rather firm, sweet, mild, moderately 

 rich, free from the pointed stone. Rather early, last half of 

 August. Shoots downy, very vigorous, 

 leaves very large. Often unproductive. 

 Origin, New York city. Fig. 777. 



White or Yellow Damson. (Late Yel- 

 low Damson.) Small (one inch long), 

 oval, pale yellow, dotted with reddish- 

 brown ; stalk half an inch long, downy, 

 not sunk ; flesh rich, sub-acid, agree- 

 able ; ripens very late, hanging long on 

 the tree. Shoots smooth, growth free. 

 Tree very productive. Fig. 778. 



Yellow Egg.* (White Magnum Bonum, 

 White Imperial, White Egg.) Very 

 large, oval, narrow at ends, necked at 

 base, suture distinct, stalk an inch 

 long, not sunk, surrounded by a fleshy 

 ring at insertion ; skin light yellow, 

 bloom thin, white ; flesh firm, coarse, 

 acid, becoming sweeter by ripening, ad- 

 hering closely to the long, pointed 

 stone. Ripens about the end of August. 

 Very largely grown for market and for culinary use. 

 T.. Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth, England, says the Yellow Mag- 

 num Bonum is an American plum of extreme hardiness — good, 



Fig. 779.— Yellow Gage, 

 Princes. 



