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THE PLUM. 



Yellow Egg. 



White Magnum Bonum. 

 Askew's Golden Egg". 

 Egg Plum. 

 White Egg. 

 Magnum Bonum. 

 Yellow Magnum Bonum.* 

 White Mogul. 

 Wentworth. 



White Imperial. 

 White Holland. 

 Dame Aubert. 

 Dame Aubert blanche. 

 Dame Aubert jaune. 

 Imperial e blanche. 

 Grosse Luisante. 

 Prune d'Inde blanc. 



The White Magnum Bonum, or Egg Plum, as it is almost universally 



known here, is a very popular fruit, 

 chiefly on account of its large and 

 ' f splendid appearance, and a slight acid- 



/ 1 ity, which renders it admirably fitted 



/ / for making showy sweetmeats or pre- 



^^11 serves. When it is raised in a fine 



*$~^ / '~ > v warm situation, and is fully matured, 



/ \ it is pretty well flavored, but ordina- 



/ \ rily it is considered coarse, and as be- 



/ \ Ion sins to the kitchen and not to the 



/ \ dessert. Branches smooth, long. 



/ \ Fruit of the largest size, measur- 



/ \ ing six inches in its longest circumfer- 



I \ ence, oval, narrowing a good deal to 



both ends. Suture well marked. 

 \ Stalk about an inch long, stout, insert- 



\ / ed without cavity in a folded border. 



\ / Skin yellow, with numerous white 



V / dots, covered with thin white bloom — 



\ / when fully ripe, of a deep gold color. 



\ / Flesh yellow, adhering closely to the 



\^ / stone, rather acid until very ripe, when 



it becomes sweet, though of only 

 second-rate flavor. Stem long, and 

 pointed at both ends. A pretty good 

 bearer, though apt, in light soils, o drop from the tree before matured. 

 Middle of August. 



Yellow Imperatrice. 

 Altesse Blanche. Monsieur a fruits Jaune. 



Branches smooth. 



Emit large, roundish oval, marked with a suture, deep at apex, 

 shallow at the stalk. Skin deep golden yellow, with a few streaks of 

 red about the stalk. Elesh yellow, juicy, melting, sugary, rich, adheres 

 to the stone. Middle of August. (Hogg.) 



Yohe's Eagle. 



An accidental seedling in the garden of Caleb Yohe, Bethlehem, 



Pa. 



* There is really no practical difference between the White and the Yellow 

 Magnum Bonum. The fruit is precisely similar in appearance and quality, though 

 the growth of the two trees may not fully agree . 



