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Burlington Gage. Domestica. i. Goodrich N. Fr. Cult. 83. 1849. 2. Downing Fr. 

 Trees Am. 902. 1869. 



Raised from seed of some unknown " Blue Gage," brought from Connecticut about 

 1800, and planted by Mrs. Ozias Buel of Burlington, Vermont. Tree hardy, vigorous, 

 productive; fruit medium in size, roundish-oval, dark purplish-blue, with abundant 

 bloom; flesh greenish- yellow, juicy, rich; freestone; early; formerly considered valuable. 

 Burnet. Domestica. 1. Land. Hort. Soc. Cat. 144. 1831. 2. Mag. Hort. 9:163. 1843. 



Fruit small, roundish, purple; freestone; mid-season; similar to Wine Sour. 

 Bursoto. Triflora X Americana, i. Vt. Sta. Ait. Rpt. 10:106. 1897. 2. Wa,VLgh Plum 

 Cult. 144. 1 90 1. 



A hybrid of Burbank with De Soto, grown and named by Theodore Williams 

 of Benson, Nebraska, about 1890. Tree of the Americana type; fruit large, oblique, 

 oval; cavity lacking; stem short, thick; light red and yellow; dots small, white; skin 

 thick; flesh yellow, juicy; good; stone semi-clinging; early. 

 Byefield. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 272. 1845. 



Fruit small, round; suture a line; light yellow, with red spots around the stem; flesh 



yellow; clingstone; good; early; rejected by the American Pomological Society in 1888. 



Caddo Chief. Angustifolia varians. i. Am. Pom. Soc. Rpt. 162. 1881. 2. Cornell 



Sta. Bui. 38:60, 86. 1892. 3. Tex. Sta. Bui. 32:479. 1894. 4. A''. Mex. Sta. 



Bui. 27:124. 1898. 5. Waugh Plum Cult. 193. 1901. 



Found wild in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, and introduced by G. W. Stones, Shreve- 

 port, Louisiana. It is favorably reported from the South but not generally recom- 

 mended, although the American Pomological Society included it in their catalog of 

 fruits in 1897. Tree low -branching, hardy and productive; fruit of medium size, 

 roundish-oblong; suture shallow; cavity medium deep; skin thick, tough; bright 

 red; flesh reddish-yellow, firm, sweet and jviicy; poor; stone large, round, clinging; 

 season early. 

 Caldwell Golden Drop. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 902. 1869. 



Caldwell's Golden Drop i. 



Possibly an American strain of the Golden Drop. Fruit large, oval, sides often 

 unequal; suture distinct; yellow marbled with crimson in the sun, with thin bloom; 

 stem slender; cavity small; flesh yellow, juicy, sugary, rich; good; clingstone; early. 

 Caldwell White Gage. Domestica. i. Downing Fr. Trees Am. 903. 1869. 



Caldwell's White Gage i. 



A productive variety of American origin. Fruit of medium size, oval, narrowing 

 slightly at the apex; suture shallow; apex pointed; greenish-yellow, dotted with purple 

 in the sun; bloom thick; stem long; flesh greenish-yellow, coarse, juicy, sugary; good; 

 clingstone ; mid-season. 

 California. Americana, i. Kerr Cat. 1894. 2. Waugh Plum Cult. 145. 1901. 



California Seedling 2. Cal. Seedling i. 



Fruit of medium size, slightly oblate; cavity medium deep, flaring; stem long; 

 suture a line; bright red; dots many, minute; skin thick, tough; flesh yellow; good; 

 stone roundish, flattened, clinging; mid-season. 



