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and juicy ; an esteemed fruit, and great bearer ; npcns about trtc middle ol 

 September. 



11. IlocHECORDON, or A'i Z)/V?;)fr, Diaprei Rouge. — Fruit large, red; flesh very 

 high-flavored ; ripens about the beginnirig of Scpteciiber. 



12. Green Gage, Rcinc Claude. — Fruit small, round; yellowuh green, where 

 ripened upon a wall exposed to the sim becomes almost of a dark russet, and is the 

 highest flavored plum, and most useful for every domestic purpose that we have. It 

 ripens in September, and is both a hardy tree, and exceedingly good bearer. All the 

 sub-varieties of this plum are good. The name of Green Gage is said to have ori- 

 ginated by the family of Gage, in the last century, procuring from the monks of the 

 Chartreuse at Paris, a collection of fruit-trees; when these arrived, the names of ah 

 of them was affixed upon them, except the Reinc Claude, the name of which had 

 been lost in the passage. The gardener, being from this circumstance ignorant of 

 the name, called it, when it bore fruit, the Green Gage, from its green color and the 

 family in whose possession it was. 



13. Gree.n Gage, Isleworth. — A seedling of Wilmot's, of that place. 



11. Little Queen Claudia. — Fruit small; whitish yellow and red; flesh rich; 

 ripens in September. 



15. La Royale. — Fruit middle-sized, roundish; light red; whitish within; 

 nearly equal to the green gage ; ripens about the end of September ; is rather ashy 

 bearer. 



16. Cheston, or Matchless. — Fruit middle-sized, oval; dark blue; flobh rich; 

 great bearer ; ripens about the end of September. 



17. Drap d'Or, Cloth of Gold. — Fruit small, oblong; yellow; flesh very high- 

 flavored ; ripens about the end of September; is a great bearer. 



18. Apricot 1*li'M. — Fruit large ; pale yellow and white; flesh swoot ; is ripe 

 in October. 



19. Maitre Claude. — Fruit large, round; whitish; flesh sweet; an excellent 

 fruit ; ripens about the beginning of October. 



20. La MiRADELLE. — Fruit small ; amber coloured ; flesh juicy and very sweet; 

 is a great bearer ; and is ripe in September or beginning of October. 



21. St. Catherine. — Is one of our best plums, either for the dessert or culinary 

 purposes ; flesh juicy and sweet ; a great bearer ; hangs longer upon the tree than 

 any other. It is frequent in gathering for six weeks together ; ripens about the end 

 of September. 



22. Larue White Damask. — Fruit middle-sized, oval; pale yellow; flesh firm 

 and well-tasted. Tree great bearer ; ripens about the beginning of October. 



23. Prunelle. — Fruit small, long-pointed; white; chiefly used for drying; 

 npens in October. 



24. GoLUTH, Nectarine, Caledonian. — Frmt very large. Hardy free growing 

 tree. Ripens in October. 



25. Damascene, Black Sj.aniih, or Prunes. — Not often cultivated. Is a useful 

 fruit. 



26. Dauphine Gaqe, or Great Queen C7aw<fia.— Fruit small, round ; yellowish 

 green ; flesh rich and musky ; an excellent plum ; ripens in September or beginning 

 of October. 



27. Blub Imperatrice, or Violet.— FrnM small, oval; dark colored; hangs long 

 on the tree ; flavor fine ; is one of our best kite plums ; ripens in October. 



28. Coe's Golden Drop, St. Edmund's, Bury, Coc's, Coe's Imperial, Golden 

 Drop, New Golden Drop, and Bury Seedling. — Fruit large, oval; yellow ; flesh firm, 

 juicy, and high-flavored; keeps till the end of December; one of our most valuable 

 late plums ; is a good bearer ; and ripens about the middle of October. 



