Fruit Trees, Small Fruits and Ornamentals. 
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Moore's Arctic. 
Monarch. Dark. September. Fruit dark 
piuplisli blue, covered with a tliiu bloom, 
nearly spherical ; lar^ie, beiug about 6 inches 
in circumference. Flesh pale, greenish yel 
low, partly free from stone, juicy, and with .i 
pleasant flavor. Trees come into bearln;; 
very young, and bears abundantly. See cut 
on page 16. 
Monroe. Light. Early September. Fruit 
medium size, roundish. Color xveenish yel- 
low. Flesh (irm, rich and sweet. Tree vig- 
orous and healthy. Bears abiuulantly. 
Oii.nin, Monroe county, N. Y. 
Moore's Arctic. Hardy, Dark. Septem- 
ber and October. I'ruit mediinn size or be- 
low. Skin purplisli black, with a thin blue 
bloom. Flesh greenish yellow, juicy, sweet 
and of pleasant flavor. Tree healthy, vigor- 
ous, an abundant and early bearer. Origin, 
Maine. Charles Downing speaks of it as 
follows : 
A new hardy Plum, wliich originated on the 
liiKhlands of Aroostook county, Maine, wliore, un- 
prolectcd and exposed to Arctic cold, it has for 
Tuaiiy ye.'U'S liorne enormous crops, and is claimed 
to he tile hardiest Flam known. 
Niagara. Purple. September. Fruit of 
exlva large size and first-rate Havor. Color 
dark jiurple. Good bearer ; 
not liable to rot I'reestone. 
K. Moody iS; Son, of Lockport, 
N. Y., say it is one of the 
most i)rolitable varieties to 
grow, and ranks very high. 
Prince Englebert. Dark 
purple. End of August. Fruit 
very large and long. Color 
deep bluish pinplc with a 
dense bloom Flesh juic\', 
melting Oualily rich and ex- 
cellent Freestone. Tree very 
vigorous. Desirable and de- 
cidediv prolitable as a niarkcl 
Plum." 
Prince's Yellow Cage. 
Yellow. Early August. Fruit 
medium ;,ize, oval, slightly 
broadest at base. Siirface 
golden yellow, slightly cloud- 
ed, bloom white. co]>ious. 
Flesh deep yellow, rich, 
sugary, melting, sometimes 
rather dry. < )rigin. Flush- 
ing, I,. I. 
\ Pearl Prune. Color light. 
I Procured from Luther Bur- 
liM iH bank, who describes it in the 
following language : 
.\ seedling of the well-known 
French Prune, which it surpasses 
'' considerably in size of fruit, 
which is Iiand.some. flattened. 
o\-oid in form; white, semi-trans. 
paiciiL with a heavy white bloom. In lion- 
e\ed sweetness. couibiTied with a peculiarly 
attractive fragrance ami flavor, it surely 
c xeels all other Prunes or Plums. The fruit, 
w hen cured, jjroduces (Uie of Uu' most ex- 
■ luisitely delicious ' runes in exisicuce, but 
ro<iuires care in hamlling, .ind will not cure 
wfll in the o[ien air Specialb recom- 
iiirnded for market and home use 
Egg. 
Hudson River 
Purple 
Purple Egg. 
Prunes. See Fellendiurg Prune, Clerman 
I'rune, Giant Prune, Italian Prune, Pearl 
Prune, and Tennant Prune. 
Quackenboss. Dark purple. Late Sep- 
tember. A popular llud.son river variety. 
Fruit large, oblong, oval. Color deep purple. 
Flesh greenish yellow, iuicy and sweet, 
slightly coarse in te.xture, with a sprightly 
flavor. Partly freestone Origin. Albany, 
N. Y. 6 . . 
Peine Claude de Bavay. Light. Sep- 
tember. Fruit large, round oval shape. Color 
greenish yellow, spotted w ith red, with small 
violet colored veins. Flesh juicv, melting 
and stigary, with a rich, excellent flavor. 
Tree vigorous and remark.ildv productive of 
line fruit. 
Red June. Japanese. Deep red. Season 
very early. Fruit mcdimn to large size, long 
conical. Color deep vermilion red, with 
handsome bloom ; very sliowy. Flesh light 
lemon yellow, slightly subacid, of good and 
ple.asant quality. Small pit and half cling. 
Tree vigorous, hardy, upright, spreading and 
handsome. 
Red June. 
