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Flesh yellowish, juicy, sweet, with pleasant subacid flavor; pit free. 

 Grown in western New York. Eiiuland. 



Empire. — Large oval; color darlv inu-)ile; (juality good. Season 

 in Ohio, early September. Not generally grown, but commercially in 

 localities. Domestica. 



Engle. — Medium in size to small, roundish oval; color yellow with 

 traces of green: suture obscure half way round, Flesli firm, close- 

 grained, yellow; flavor ricli, (luality very good. Matn.reslast of Jul}'. 

 About as hardy as Lombard. Domestica. 



Englebert (Prince Enylcbcrt). — Medium, regular, oval ; color dark 

 blue with many liglit-colored dots and IjIuc Ijloom: stall: mediiun. 



Englebert. 



slender, inserted in rounded shallow cavity; suture obseui-e. Ilesli 

 vellow, tiualitv good. Season cjuite early. Fruit in clusters; freestone. 

 firo"\\n east of lakes and in the Soutli. Domestica. 



Field. — Large, o^•al ; color ])nrple witli l)lue ))loom; stem one inch 

 long in small narrow cavity. Flesh greenisli yellow, quality ver\' good; 

 cling.stone. Season, earlier tlian Bradshaw, of whicli it is a seedling. 



German Prune, — Medium, long oval; si<les ^-ery uneriual, and elon- 

 gated at tlie to]i; suture very distinct: color )iur])lc with heavy blue 

 bloom stalk tliree-(piarters of an inch long, curved, slender, insei'ted at 

 top of fruit v.'ithout cavity. Flesh firm, greenish yello,«', s^^■eet, and 



