THE PLUM. 



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Peter's Yellow Gage. 



Tree moderately vigorous, with short branches, which are downy. 



Fruit medium, nearly globular, a little depressed at base. Suture 

 broad, shallow. Apex broad, shallow, sunken. Skin pale yellow, some- 

 times with crimson dots in the sun and a thin light bloom. Stalk rather 

 short and stout, set in a large cavity. Flesh yellowish, juicy, sugary; 

 adheres slightly to the stone. Good to very good. Middle August 



Pond's Seedling. 

 Pond's Purple. 



American origin. Tree very vigorous. Brandies downy. 



Fruit middle-sized, roundish. Skin purple. Flesh yellowish, rather 

 dry, separates from the stone, sweet, mingled with acid. Good. Early 

 in August. 



Pond's Seedling. 

 Plurn de l'lnde. Fonthill. Pond's Purple. 



English origin. Tree very vigorous and productive ; a beautiful 

 fruit. Branches smooth, grayish. 



Fruit very large, oval, taper- 

 ing a little towards the stalk, some- 

 times with a mamelon neck. Skin 

 yellowish, nearly covered with 

 bright red or carmine, having a 

 thin whitish bloom, and sprinkled 

 with brownish dots. Flesh yel- 

 low, a little coarse, juicy, and 

 sugary, but not rich. Good. 

 Middle of September. 



Precoce de Tours. 



Early Violet. 

 Violette Hutive. 

 Early Tours. 

 Perdrigon Violet. 

 Blue Perdrigon. 

 Violet de Tours. 

 Noire Hutive. 

 Prune de la Madelaine. 

 Damas de Tours. 

 Prune de Gaillon. 



Of foreign origin. Tree vigo 

 rous, with long, slender branches, 

 moderately productive. Branches 

 downy. 



Fruit rather more than an inch in pond's Seedling (English.) 



diameter, oval, with a shallow su- 

 ture. Skin deep purple, covered with a thick azure bloom. Stalk 

 half an inch long, set in a narrow cavity. Flesh at first greenish, but 

 becoming dull yellow at maturity ; a little fibrous, but juicy, sweet, melt- 

 ing, and slightly perfumed ; it adheres considerably to the stone. Good. 

 First of August. 



