PLUMS. 



and is covered with a thin white bloom ; the flesh is pale yel- 

 low and firm, with sweet and sprightly juice, and separates 

 from the stone. This plum is ranked in England among their 

 best white varieties ; it ripens in September, and the tree is 

 productive. 



WASHINGTON. Pr. cat. Pr. hoet. Pom. mag. 



Loin). HORT. CAT. 



Bolmer's Washington. Bolmore's Washington. 



Washington, or Bolmer. New Washington. 



FranMin. Washington Gage. 



Superior Gage, > of the Flushing Nurseries for 



Superior Green Cage, I about twenty years past. 



Double Imperial Gage, } ^^.^ 



Imperial Gage, ^ 



This tree is remarkable for the size and vigour of its shoots 

 and for the great dimensions, luxuriance, and beauty of iis 

 foliage, which presents a striking contrast to that of most other 

 plum trees ; the buds are also large and the shoulder particu- 

 larly prominent : the fruit is of enormous size, and its form 

 rather more round than oval ; it is not surpassed by any other 

 variety in richness, beauty, or exquisite flavour, and in its ex- 

 cellent qualities assimilates more nearly to those of the Green 

 Gage than to any other plum. The origin of this fruit is in- 

 volved in some obscurity ; the title here adopted is of but 

 recent application. The following details, from the pen of 

 Wm. Prince, senior proprietor of the Linnsean Botanic Gar- 

 den, may prove interesting: 



'* Some few years ago, Mr. Bolmer, a merchant of New 

 York, finding a tree of this kind in his garden, and deeming 

 it a new variety, presented some scions of it to a number of 

 his acquaintances, from one of whom it received the appella- 

 tion of Bolmer's Washington. Its extraordinary size and fine 

 Gage flavour, caused it to attract much notice, and supposing 

 it to be a novelty, I procured a tree myself, for which I paid 

 three dollars, a price at which they were readily selling at the 

 time ; but to my great surprise, when its foliage and fruit were 

 developed, I found it an old and familiar acquaintance, which 

 had been cultivated in the Nurseries at Flushing during along 



