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CHASE NURSERIES. 
PLUMS. 
We offer a limited list of varieties, as we wish to send out only such as we consider 
well worthy the care necessary to secure satisfactory results: 
Bradshaw.— Large size; reddish purple, with blue bloom; flesh juicy and rich; tree 
vigorous and productive. August. 
Cos's Golden Drop.— Large size; pale yellow, spotted with red in the sun; flesh 
firm, rich and juicy; strong grower. Last of September. 
De Soto.— Tree a good grower and very hardy. An improved variety of the Chicka- 
saw . Color yellow, nearly covered with bright red; good flavor and productive. 
v Early Orange Prune. — Tree a remarkably vigorous grower, and an early, annual 
and abundant bearer. Fruit oblong, somewhat flattened on the sides; color greenish yel- 
low, sometimes with a slight blush on the sunny side. Freestone. 
» Guii.— Very large; dark purple; hardy and productive; becoming very popular in the 
plum growing region on the Hudson Eiver. Ripens last of September. 
German Prune. — A large, long, oval variety, much esteemed for drying; color dark 
purple; of a very agreeable flavor. September. 
General Hand.— Fruit very large, roundish oval; skin deep yellow; flesh coarse, 
sweet and pleasant. Tree vigorous and productive. First of September. 
* Imperial Gage Fruit large, oval; skin pale green, flesh juicy, sweet, rich and 
excellent. Tree very vigorous and productive. Middle of August. 
Lombard. — Fruit medium size, roundish oval; skin violet red; flesh yellow; juicy 
and pleasant. Tree very vigorous, hardy and productive. Last of August. 
\ Miner. An improved variety of the Chickasaw plum; not as subject to the attacks of 
the curculio as the common sorts. Fruit medium size; skin dark purplish red, with a fine 
bloom; flesh soft, juicy, and of good quality; adheres to the stone. First of October. 
\ Moore's Arctic— Size medium or below; skin purplish black, with a thin blue 
bloom ; flesh greenish yellow, j uicy , sweet and pleasant flavor. Charles Downing speaks of 
it as follows : "A new hardy plum, which originated on the highlands of Aroostook County, 
Maine, where unprotected and exposed to Arctic cold, it has for many years borne enormous 
crops, and is claimed to be the hardiest plum known, and so far free from black knots. 
Tree healthy, vigorous, an early and abundant bearer. ' ' September and October. 
Pond's Seedling Light red, changing to violet; flesh rather coarse. Tree a good 
grower and most abundant bearer. September. 
Quackenboss.— Fruit large, oblong, roundish; skin deep purple, covered with blu- 
ish bloom; flesh coarse grained, but sprightly and juicy; sub-acid. September. 
Reine Claude de Bavay.— Fruit large, roundish oval; skin greenish yellow; 
flesh yellow, j uicy , rich and excellent. Tree vigorous and productive. Last of September. 
V Schuyler's Gage.— Medium size; yellow dotted and marked with red on the sunny 
side; juicy, rich and sweet. Tree vigorous and productive. Last of September. 
Shropshire Damson.— The fruit has the color of the common Damson, but is of 
larger size. It blooms ten days later than the common Damson, and is therefore less lia- 
