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REPORT ON THE 



No. 24 



IMPERIAL GAGE. 



An excellent j reserving or canning plum, but not very popular for the commercial 

 orchards. 



Oejgin : Flushing, Long Island. 



Tree: vigorous; productive; hardy; class Domestica. 



Fruit : size medium or below ; form oval ; color green tinged with yellow ; dots 

 greenish ; bloom whitish ; stem three-quarters of an inch long ; suture shallow ; skin tough'. 



Imperial G.age. 



Flesh: mostly free; color greenish yellow; texture juicy, melting; flavor rich 

 £x«llent. 



Quality : dessert good ; cooking best. 

 Value : market first class. 

 Season : early September. 



KINGSTON. 



A valuable market variety. 



Origin : Province of Ontario. 



Tree : vigorous and productive. 



Fruit: size medium to large, form oval; color dark purple, with thin blue bloom; 

 stem slender, about five-eighths of an inch long, inserted in a small, deep cavity; suture 

 shallow ; apex a small point. 



Flesh : color yellowish green ; flavor tart. 



Qualitt : cooking, very good. 



Season : early September. 



LOMBARD. 



One of the most prolific of the old varieties, and, until recentlv, con.sidered the most 

 profitable. Of late, however, the price of Lombard plums has so far declined that other 

 varieties are being planted in its place. 



Origin: raised from .seed bv Judge Piatt. AYhitesboro. N. Y. : introduced to Dublic 

 by M. Lombard, of Springfield, Mass., after whom it was named. Previonslv it was 

 called Bleeker's Scarlet. 



Tree: very productive; very vigorous; very hardy; inclined to overload and the 

 fruit needs thinning. 



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