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THE PLUM. 



Louisa. 



From Missouri. Tree vigorous, very productive, spreading. Branches 

 evidence of its native wild character. 



Fruit medium, nearly round, yellow, nearly covered with purplish 

 red, gray dots, thin bloom. Suture slight. Flesh yellow, juicy. Good. 

 Adheres to the stone. Last of August. (Husmann.) 



Lucombe's Nonesuch. 



An English Plum, raised by Lucombe, of the Exeter Nursery. Tree 

 moderately vigorous. Branches smooth. 



Fruit above medium size, roundish, shaped and colored much like the 

 Green Gage, but much more distinctly streaked with yellow and orange, 

 and covered with a whitish bloom. Suture broad. Stalk straight, 

 three-fourths of an inch long, set in a wide hollow. Flesh pretty firm, 

 greenish, and adheres to the stone. Good. Last of September. 



McLaughlin. 



Raised by James McLaughlin, Bangor, Me. Tree hardy, vigorous, 

 and productive, a valuable variety, nearly or quite equal to Green Gage. 



Branches smooth. 



Fruit large, nearly round, oblate, flat- 

 tened at both ends. Suture slight. Stalk 

 three-fourths of an inch long, inserted in a 

 small cavity by a ring. Skin thin and ten- 

 der, yellow, dotted and marbled with red 

 on the sunny side, and covered with a thin 

 bloom. Flesh dull yellow, rather firm, juicy, 

 very sweet and luscious, perfumed. It ad- 

 heres to the stone. Best. Last of August. 



Mamelonnee. 

 Mamelon Sageret. 

 A seedling of Sageret, near Paris. Tree 

 moderately vigorous. Branches smooth, 

 brownish gray. 



Fruit of remarkable shape, having a 

 neck or (mamelon) at the base of the stock. It is of excellent quality, 

 hardy and prolific. Fruit of medium size, oval, tapering towards the 

 apex, and a well-marked suture on one side. Stalk small, inserted 

 without depression. Skin pale yellow, a few splashes and streaks of 

 green, dotted and marbled with crimson in the sun, covered with a thin 

 light bloom. Flesh yellow, juicy, sugary, rich; separates from the 

 stone. Good to very good. Middle August. 



Manning's Long Blue Prune. 



Manning's Prune. Large Long Blue. Manning's Long Blue. 



Origin unknown. Tree vigorous, with long dark-colored shoots, very 

 productive. Branches smooth. 



Fruit quite large, long oval, a little one-sided, with an obscure suture. 

 Stalk very long and slender, set in a very trifling depression. Skin dark 

 purple, with a thick blue bloom. Flesh greenish yellow, firm, rather 



