250 WESTERN FRUIT BOOK. 



2 to 1; stone, separating; quality, 1; use, table; flavor, 

 juicy, Bweet, excellent; season, July. 



Eemarks. — Foreign. Yery early. Trees hardy and 

 abundant bearers. 



PEACH PLUM, or Prune Peche. Color, red; form, 

 roundish ; size, 1 ; stone, separating ; quality, 1 ; use, ta- 

 ble; flavor, a little acid, pleasant; season, 1st of July. 



Eemarks. — Imported from. France, in April, 1820, by 

 James Duane, of Schenectady. It. was called the Apricot 

 Plum, because the tree's name was lost. It is the Prune 

 Peche, of Noisette. It is a little tender. Color, red ; flesh, 

 firm, green, slightly sub-acid — beautiful appearance. It 

 parts freely from the stone, and is distinct from the plum 

 in the nurseries of Long Island, under the name of Duane's 

 Purple French. Eecommended by Buchanan, Ernst, and 

 Warder for this vicinity. Valuable for its earliness. 



PUEPLE EGG-. Wood, smooth; color, deep red, with 

 gray dots ; form, oval ; size, 1 ; stone, separating ; quality, 

 2; use, table; flavor, pleasant, not high. Long and ex- 

 tensively grown. It is surpassed by several ripening at 

 the same time. Flesh, greenish, coarse. Eecommended 

 by Messrs. Buchanan, Ernst, and Warder for the vicinity 

 of the Queen City. 



Purple Favorite. Wood, smooth ; color, bright pur- 

 ple, with golden spots ; form, roundish obovate ; size, 

 2 to 1 ; stone, free; quality, 2; use, table; flavor, juicy, 

 sweet, excellent ; season, July to August. 



Eemarks. — American. Trees dwarfish and slender, 

 hardy, and bear when young. Good for private gardens 

 only. Unfit for market or orcharding. 



Purple Gage. Wood, smooth ; color, violet dots, pale 



