800 THR PLUM. 
slightly inserted. Skin yellow, with numerous imbedded white 
specks, and a thin white bloom. Flesh yellow, rich, sweet, and 
luscious in flavgur. - Separates almost entirely from stone, which 
is pointed at both ends. Leaves dark green. Easily distinguished 
rom Yellow Gage by its longer and stouter stalk. ; 
Con's Goupen Dror. Thomp. Lind. P. Mag. 
Bury Seedling. Fair’s Golden Drop. 
Coe’s Imperial. Golden Gage. 
New Golden Drop. Waterloo, of some. 
Raised by Mr. Coe, an 
English gardener, near Lon- 
don. Tree moderately vi- 
gorous, productive ; requires 
a warm late season to ripen 
it north of 41° latitude. | 
Branches smooth. Fruit 
of the largest size, oval, with 
a well-marked suture, on 
one side of which it is a 
little more swollen than the 
other, the outline narrowing 
towards the stalk. Skin 
light-yellow, with a number 
of rich, dark red spots on 
the sunny side. Stalk near- § 
ly an inch long, rather stiff, 
set on the end of the fruits. 
Flesh yellow, rather ‘firm, 
adhering closely to the 
stone, which is quite point- 
» ed. Flavour rich, sweet, and 
delicious. LastofSeptember. 
Obe’s Golden Drop. 3° 
De Detics. 
A new foreign variety of excellence. Tree moderately vigai’” 
ous and productive. 
Branches smooth. Fruit medium, roundish-oval, with a slight 
neck, a little swollen on one side, suture small. Skin green, mar- 
bled and shaded with violet, and covered with a thin bloom. 
_/ Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, rather stout, very slightly 
inserted. Flesh, orange-yellow, juicy, melting, with a rich, 
sugary, luscious flavour, adheres slightly to the stone. Ripens. 
the last of September, and continues a long time in use. , 
