PLUMS 



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DESCRIPTIONS OF PLUMS. 



Antnoin Gage, m 



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ovate, pale yellow, 



juicy, sweet, pleasant, free. 



BiDgham, large, deep yellow, red spots next 

 sun, juicy, rich, delicious, handsome, productive. 



Bfeeker's Gage, medium, ovate, yellow, sweet, 

 rich, luscious, free. 



Bradshaw, very large and showy, oval, dark 

 purple, juicy, good flavor, tree vigorous, erect, 

 highly productive. 



Cherry, or Early Scarlet, nearly medium, round, 

 brilliant red, subacid, tender, juicy, melting, not 

 rich, second rate, cling, tree vigorous, very or- 

 namental by its early and profuse bloom. The 

 Golden Cherry is similar in quality, but of a 

 golden yellow color. Both varieties are free 

 from knots on Long Island. 



Coe's Golden Drop, very large, oval, pale yel- 

 low, often dotted, firm, sweet, rich, not fine 

 grained, cling, an excellent late variety. 



Colnmbia, very large, handsome, globular, 



Italian Prune, or Fellemberg, a most vigorous 

 and productive tree and unusually free from the 

 curculio, and also free from knots. Fruit large, 

 oblong, purple, I' lndsome, estimable for dessert, 

 and also for pres. i ving, or drying. 



Imperial Gage, large, oval, pale yellowish 

 green, juicy, melting, rich, free, tree very vigor- 

 ous, remarkably and regularly productive, bet- 

 ter suited to all localities than any other variety. 

 Always free from knots on Long Island, and less 

 subject than most others to the attacks of the 

 curculio.. 



Imperial Milan, large, oval, deep purple, sweet, 

 juicy, estimable. 



Imperial Ottoman, medium, oval, greenish yel- 

 low, marbled, sweet, very juicy, excellentj 

 scarcely adhering, tree hardy, succeeds in Maine, 

 exceedingly productive. 



Jefferson, large, oval, greenish yellow, very 

 juicy, rich, excellent, nearly free, one of the 



brownish purple, blue bloom, moderately juicy, j largest and most estimable, 

 rich, good flavor, rather coarse, not first rate, ; Lawrence's Favorite, large, roundish, yellow- 

 free, the fruit is liable to rot, tree very productive. \ ish green, juicy, rich, excellent, high flavor, free. 



Denniston's Red, medium, ovate, pale red, | Lombard,unusually free from the curculio, me- 

 fawn dots, rich, good second rate flavor, free. . dium, ovate, violet red, pleasant flavor, not rich, 

 Denniston's Snperi), medium, roundish, yel- but of fine quality, tree hardy, verj' prolific. 



lowish green, mottled with purple, not juicy, but 

 rich, vinous, and free. 



Downton Imperatriee, unusually free from the 

 curculio, medium, oval, pale yellow, acid becom- 

 ing rather sweet, melting, valuable for preserves, j 

 ripens late. 



Dnane's Purple, very large, oblong oval, red- 

 dish purple, lilac bloom, moderately sweet, juicy, 

 second rate flavor, cling, esteemed for its large 

 size and beauty, a very profitable market fruit. 



Long Scarlet, or Scarlet Gage, medium, oblong, 

 yellowish red, bright red cheek, acid, juicy, 

 rich, cliog, good market fruit for preserves. 



Magnum Bonnm, Yellow, or Yellow Egg, very 

 large, egg shaped, beautiful, coarse, but excel- 

 lent for cooking, tree vigorous, very productive, 

 profitable for market. The White variety diff'ers 

 only in being of a paler color, and the Red or 

 Purple is so coarse it has been rejected. 



Mammelonne, medium, round, greenish, red 



Elfrey, under medium, oval, blue, firm, dry, j spotted, juicy, rich flavor, free. 



very sweet, quite free, healthy growth, free from 

 knots here, verj- productive. 



Emerald Drop, medium, long oval, yellowish 

 green, juicy, rather rich, cling, second rate. 



Frost Gage, rather small, roundish, deep pur- 

 ple, tolerable for eating, but well suited for pre- 

 serves. The tree is more subject to knots than 

 any other variety, and we have nearly ceased to 

 cultivate it. 



General Hand, largest of plums, golden yel 



Manning's Prune, or Long Blue, a good variety 

 of German Prune, large, long oval, dark purple, 

 blue bloom, firm, rather juicy, sweet, pleasant, 

 free, very productive. 



McLanghlin, medium, roundish, russet yellow, 

 tinged over with red, rather firm, sweet, juicy, 

 excellent. 



Orange, one of the largest, oval, yellow^ 

 showy, rather coarse, tree very vigorous and 

 hiffhly productive, a profitable market fruit, it 



low, sweet, moderate, not high flavor, highly at- [ is free from knots on this Island, 



tractive for its size and beauty, tree remarkably 

 vigorous, very productive. 



Green Gage, the true variety is full medium, 

 and not small as misrepresented, round, yellow- 

 ish green, dotted red at base, sweet, melting, 

 aromatic, exceedingly rich. The tree is so un- 

 thrifty that it has been nearly abandoned, and 

 the Imperial Gage, a seedling from it, now takes 

 its place almost universally. 



Hnling's Superb, one of the largest, roundish, 

 yellowish green, rather firm, sweet, rich, spright- 

 ly, excellent, free, tree vigorous, large foliage. 

 Ickwortli Imperatriee, medium, or rather large, 



Orleans, Early, medium, ovate, reddish purple, 

 second rate, moderate flavor, 



Orleans, Smitli's, large, ovate, dark reddish 

 purple, blue bloom, juicy, rich, nearly first rate, 

 tree very vigorous, pioductive in nearly all 

 soils, shoots reddish purple, perfectly straight 



Peach, very large, roundish, varies from 

 salmon to brownish red, juicy, sprightly, good 

 flavor, free, rather coarse but est^-emed for its 

 size, beauty, and early ripening, tree vigorous, 

 productive. 



Prune d'Agen, a famous variety for drying as. 

 prunes, medium, oblong, purple, blue bloom. 



obovate, purple, sweet, juicy, rich flavor, ripens sweet, estimable, free, very late, profusely pro- 

 late, becomes drier and sweeter, and keeps into ductive. 



winter. Purple FaTorite, medium, or rather large,. 



Italian Damasli, medium, roundish, brownish roundish, brownish purple, tender, juicy, sweet,, 



violet, firm, sweet, high flavored, estimable, free, excellent, free, tree grows slow. 



tree vigorous, productive. 



Red St. Martin, or Coe's late red, mediiim, 



