THE PLUM. 



951 



Wangenheim. 



A German variety. Tree a moderate grower. Branches smooth. 



Fruit medium, oval. Suture shallow. Apex a little sunk. Skin 

 deep purple, covered with a thick blue bloom. Stalk rather short. 

 Cavity small. Flesh rather firm, greenish yellow, juicy, sugary, rich. 

 Separates from the stone. Good to very good. Last of August. 



Bolmar. 

 Bolmer. 



New Washington. 



Washington. 



Bolmer's Washington. 

 Franklin. 

 Irving's Bolmar. 

 J ackson. 



Parker's Mammoth. 

 Washington Jaune. 

 Philippe I. 



The Washington, although not equal to the Green Gage and two or 

 three others in high flavor, yet its great size, its beauty, and the vigor 

 and hardiness of the tree, are qualities which have brought this noble 

 fruit into notice everywhere. The 

 parent tree grew originally on De- 

 lancey's farm, on the east side of 

 the Bowery, New York, but, being 

 grafted with another sort, escaped 

 notice until a sucker from it, planted 

 by Mr. Bolmer, a merchant in Chat- 

 ham Street, came into bearing about 

 the year 1818, and attracted uni- 

 versal attention by the remarkable 

 beauty and size of the fruit. In 

 1821, this sort was first sent to the 

 Horticultural Society of London, by 

 the late Dr. Hosack. 



The Washington has remarkably 

 large, broad, and glossy foliage, is a 

 strong grower, and forms a hand- 

 some round head. Wood light 

 brown, downy. 



Fruit of the largest size, round- 

 ish oval, with an obscure suture, 

 except near the stalk. Skin dull yellow, with faint marblings of green, 

 but when well ripened, deep yellow, with a pale crimson blush or dots. 

 Stalk scarcely three-fourths of an inch long, a little downy, set in a shal- 

 low, wide hollow. Flesh yellow, firm, very sweet and luscious, separa- 

 ting freely from the stone. Good to very good. Middle to the last of 

 August. 



Washington. 



Wax. 



Raised by Elisha Dorr, Albany, N. Y. Tree moderately vigorous 

 and productive. 



Fruit medium, ronndish oval. Suture slight, broad, shallow. Skin 

 yellow, with a bright carmine cheek, and covered with a thin whitish 

 bloom. Stalk long, slender, set without cavity. Flesh yellow, juicy, 

 subacid, sprightly ; separates from the stone. Good. Early October. 



