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Mamelone, medium size, greenish yellow, rich, juicy and excellent; shape very 

 peculiar, with a neck like a pear; tree vigorous and prolific. End of July. 



^McLaughlin, large, round, greenish yellow, flesh juicy, sweet and luscious ; 

 vigorous and productive. Middle of Aug. 



^Grange, very large, oval, bronze yellow, flesh acid; tree vigorous and pro- 

 ductive. Aug. 



*Orleans, Smith's, very large, oval, reddish purple, flesh firm, juicy and rich ; 

 tree a free grower, and productive. Aug. 



Pond's Seedling or Fonthill, enormously large, oval, bright red, valuable for 

 cooking ; a very attractive fruit ; tree very vigorous, and an abundant 

 bearer. Sept. 



*Purple Favorite, medium size, purple, flesh juicy, melting and good. Be- 

 ginning of Sept. 



Prince Englebert, very large and long, deep purple ; rich and excellent. Aug. 



Keine Claude de Bavay, (Esperen). very large, round, greenish yellow, rich 

 and juicy ; tree vigorous and prolific ; a beautiful new plum. "Sept. 



Shropshire Damson, medium size, dark purple ; the finest of Damsons. 



Sultan, (new), larye, round, deep purple, and of excellent flavor, vigorous, 

 and very prolific. Aug. 



Transparent Gage, large, roundish, oval, greenish yellow marbled with red, 

 flesh transparent, rich, juicy, and of high excellence ; the richest of plums ; 

 very robust and vigorous. Sept. 



Victoria, (Sharp's Emperor), very large, oval, red, sweet and juicy ; an ex- 

 cellent cooking plum ; tree vigorous and productive. Sept. 



^Washington, very large, roundish, oval, yellow, juicy, sweet and excellent ; 

 tree very vigorous and prolific ; one of the finest plums. Beginning of Aug. 



Wangenheim, medium size, dark blue, oval, first quality ; a ve'ry superior plum. 



*Yellow Gage, (Prince's), large, oval, yellow, juicy, rich and good; tree very 

 vigorous, and a profuse bearer. Beginning of Aug. 



Additional Varieties of Plums. 



Some of the following are new and untested ; others are adapted for certain 

 latitudes. 



Bryanstone Gage, Lucombe's Nonsuch, Keagle's Ancient City, 



Belle de Septerabre, Mirabolle, Keagle's Gage, 



De Montfort, Mitchcdson's, Keagle's Union Purple, 



Fotheringham or Belgian Oullin's Golden Gage, Koyal de Tours, 



Purple, Peach or Prune Peche, Keine Claude Brauneau, 



Fine Late Ked, Peter's Yellow Gage, Kichland Plum, 



Frost Gage, Prune de Agen or Kobe St. Catharine, 



Jaune Hative, de Sergent, St. Martin's Prune, 



Guthrie's Apricot, Precoce de Bergthold, Schenectady Catherine, 



Italian Prune, Quackenboss, Woolaston Black Gage. 

 July Green Gage, 



JN'ative Varieties. 



"Wild Goose, a variety of our native Chickasaw Plum, fruit about the size of 

 Green Gage, skin purple with a blue bloom, flesh yellow, rather firm, 

 sweet ; succeeds admirably in this latitude, bearing abundant crops, on 

 quite young trees ; not liable to the attacks of of the curculio ; a variety 

 of great value. July. 



Bassett's American, curculio proof, a rapid vigorous" grower and profuse bearer, 

 " fruit small, deep crimson with a heavy white bloom, sweet, rich and re- 

 freshing ; skin thick, and until cooked somewhat tough, (which protects it 



f» com.pletely from the attacks of the curculio), but entirely free from any 

 astringency or unpleasant taste; ripens end of September, and can be 

 shipped any distance." 



Yosemite. a productive variety, curculio proof, and bears an annual crop. 



De Caraduc, medium, yellow, nearly covered with red, melting and sweet ; 

 vigorous grower, productive. 



