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use, table ; juicy, sweet and pleasantly flavored ; season, 

 August. 



^ Bemaeks.— Though not equal to the Washington, Impe- 

 I'ial Gage, Jefferson, and some American plums, it pos- 

 sesses a combination of qualities which render it a very 

 •desirable variety. It is nearly as large as the Washing- 

 ton, and quite as beautiful, and hangs longer on the tree 

 than most large plums. The trees are vigorous, early in 

 bearing, and produce -abundantly. It is very little sub- 

 ject to rot on the tree. For a large collection, it is a desi- 

 rable plum. 



WASHIISTGTOJS". Wood, downy ; color, dull yellow, 

 with little spots of red green ; form, roundish oval ; size, 

 1; stone, separating j quality, 1; use, table and kitchen; 

 flavor, firm, sweet ; season, July or August. 



Ebmarks. — American. , Uniformly hardy and produc- 

 tive. Yery Large. Often free from curculio. Good for 

 market everywhere. Eecommended by Buchanan, Ernst, 

 and Warder, for the vicinity of Cincinnati. " Excellently 

 well adapted for the locality of Cincinnati."— 7^. G. Gary. 

 Stands highest in value. 



Wild Eed or Yellow Plum. (P. Americana, Marshall.) 

 Eemaeks. — Fruit, roundish Oval, skin thick, reddish 

 orange, with a juicy, yellow, sub-acid pulp. The leaves 

 are ovate, coarsely serrate, and the old branches rough 

 and somewhat thorny. Grows in hedges and by the 

 banks of streams, from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. 

 Tree from ten to fifteen feet high. Fruit ripens in July 

 or August. 



Yellow Egg. See Egg Yellow. Wood, smooth ; color, 

 yellow ; form, ovate ; size, 1 ; stone, adheres ; quality, 2 ; 

 tise,Mtchen ; flavor, not high, rather poor ; season, August. 



