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6. The Royal Sweet— a large "good" sweet apple, which is apt to fall 

 from the tree. 



7. The Bush — a native apple on the farm of Mr. Christian Dale, near 

 Boalsburg, and found growing in the woods by his father. Mr. Waring 

 says this variety is "an excellent bearer, and a great favorite in an orchard 

 of choice sorts." Size two and three-quarters by three inches; oblate, in- 

 clining to conical — greenish yellow, with many russet dots near the crown, 

 and occasionally a faint blush— stem seven-eighths of an inch by one-ninth, 

 inserted in a deep, open, furrowed cavity — calyx very small, set in a deep, 

 narrow, plaited basin, seed brown, broad, short : flavor pleasant — quality 

 "very good." . , . ' •. • . ,£ , 



8. Early Yellow Prune— -said to have been obtained from Bedford coun- 

 ty, many years ago, and is represented as being "a free grower, prodigious 

 bearer, and not apt to roc." Size one and five-eighths by one and one- 

 quarter — oval, pointed at each end-stem five-eighths of an inch long, by 

 one-twentieth thick — flesh free from the stone, flavor delicious — quality 

 "very good." 



9. Red Prune— &ho introduced into Centre county from Bedford. This 

 variety was sent on a former occasion from Lancaster, under the name of 

 "Bottle Plum." Two inches long, by one and one-eighth broad — pyriform, 

 with a long slender neck — suture extending on one side from the base to 

 the apex — pale red; stem one inch long by one-sixteenth thick — handsome 

 Pltim of peculiar form and "good" quality — but said to be an indifferent 

 bearer. 



10. Imperial Gage — Mr. Waring remarks of this variety, that "the tree 

 is very free from leaf blight, and the fruit from rot, hanging long, shrivel- 

 ling, and becoming very sugary." Specimens fine, quality "very good." 



11. A- very large, late purple Plum, resembling Duanes Purple, and 

 said to be "a very excellent grower, a full bearer, and not inclined to rot." 

 very large, two inches long by one and thirteen-sixteenths broad ; oblong — 

 purple — stem three-quarters of an inch long by one-twelfth thick — flesh 

 free from the stone. Specimens not sufficiently ripe to test their quality. 



12. The G-albraith — an early Plum, said to have originated with the late 

 Mr. Galbraith, near Boalsburg, and is represented as being a straggling 

 grower, but the best early plum cultivated in that vicinity. An inch and a 

 half long by one and five-sixteenths broad — oval, purple, — stem five-eighths 

 of an inch by one-fourteenth — flesh tender, juicy, adherent to the stone ; fla- 

 vor luscious, quality "very good" if not "best." 



13. Prune Damson Plum — One and a half inches long, one and three- 

 sixteenths wide, one and one-sixteenth thick; flattened oval, blue, stem one 

 and a half inches long by one eighteenth thick; flesh rather dry, entirely free 

 from the stone; flavor agreeable, quality "good." 



14. Goes Golden Drop — received from England for the Magnum Bonum; 

 specimens large and fair, but not mature. 



15. A variety cultivated in the neighborhood of Boalsburg as the Peach 

 Plum — from which it differs in several particulars. Large, one and three- 

 quarters inches by one and nine-sixteenths ; oblong ; salmon colored ; stem 

 three-eighths of an inch by one-fourteenth; stone adherent, long-obovate, one 

 and one-sixteenth inches long, five-eighths wide, and seven-sixteenths thick; 

 of pleasant flavor; quality between "good" and "verg good." 



