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deeply inserted ; shallow suture ; foliage and glands large ; habit erect, 

 compact, vigorous ; shoots downy. An excellent cooking variety, pro- 

 ducing heavy crops of fruit on bush or wall trees. 



37. Goliath (Fraser). — Fruit large, deep round or oblong, reddish- 

 purple, covered with a deep blue bloom, and having a broad suture ; stalk 

 1 inch long and deeply inserted ; clingstone ; good crop ; foliage of medium 

 size ; glands small ; habit difl'use and vigorous ; shoots downy. A very 

 useful cooking Plum. Ready September 7. 



38. Golden Esperen (Rivers). — Fruit large, oval, pale yellow, dotted 

 with minute red spots ; wide, shallow suture ; stalk i| inch long, inserted in 

 a small cavity ; foliage and glands rather small ; habit compact and 

 vigorous ; shoots smooth. A very handsome Plum of fair quality, parting 

 freely from the stone, but the tree is an inditt'erent cropper. Ready 

 August 15. 



39. Golden Transparent Gage, F.C.C. September 12, 1893 (Rivers).— 

 Fruit large for a Gage, round, yellow, spotted with pale and also red dots ; 

 shallow suture ; stalk ]: inch long, deeply inserted ; freestone ; very light 

 crop ; foliage large and distinct, with very small glands ; habit bushy, 

 compact, and vigorous ; shoots smooth. This is a delicious Plum when 

 grown against a wall, but is not a success when grown as a bush tree 

 in the open air. Raised by the late Mr. Francis Rivers, of Sawbridge- 

 worth. Ready September 13. 



40. 41. Grand Duke, F.C.C. October 12, 1880 (Lane, Fraser).— Fruit 

 large, oval, dark purple, with a wide, shallow suture ; stalk | inch long, 

 inserted in a small cavity ; clingstone ; very heavy crop ; foliage large, 

 with small glands ; habit bushy, compact, and vigorous ; shoots smooth. 

 A very fine and valuable late Plum, cropping equally well against a wall, 

 as a bush tree, or orchard standard. Raised by the late Mr. Francis 

 Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth. Ready September 13. 



42. Greengage (Lane). — Fruit rather small, round, green, faintly 

 marbled with red on the exposed side ; shallow sature ; stalk J inch long, 

 inserted in a small cavity ; freestone ; moderate crop ; foliage of medium 

 size, with small glands ; habit bushy, compact, vigorous ; shoots smooth. 

 This is the well-known and delicious old Greengage. 



43, 44. Guthrie's Late Green (Fraser, Rivers). — Fruit over medium 

 size, round, pale green, flaked with a darker green, and covered with a 

 light bloom ; shallow suture ; stalk ^ inch long and rather deeply inserted : 

 clingstone ; very heavy crop ; foliage large ; glands of medium size, and 

 usually on the petiole ; habit bushy, compact, and vigorous ; shoots 

 smooth. A most delicious dessert Plum, and the tree produced the 

 heaviest crop of all the Gages. Raised by the late Mr. Guthrie, Tay Bank, 

 Dundee. Ready August 30. 



. 45. Heron (Rivers). — Fruit large, deep oval, dark red shaded with 

 purple, and covered with minute brown dots ; shallow suture ; stalk h inch 

 long and deeply inserted ; slightly clingstone ; good crop ; foliage large, 

 glands small ; habit very diffuse and vigorous ; shoots smooth. This is 

 a cooking variety very similar to ' Cox's Emperor,' but somewhat earlier, 

 and ' Cox's Emperor ' has downy shoots. Raised by the late Mr. Francis 

 Rivers, of Sawbridgeworth. Ready August 19. 



46, 47. Jefferson (Lane, Fraser). — Fruit large, oval, pale yellow, 



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