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remarkable tenacity to the tree ; very productive. Fruit large, 
necked. Stalk long, inserted in a ring. Colour rich yellow, 
dotted and shaded with carmine ; bloom lilac. Skin thick ; 
flesh rather coarse, but very sugary, rich, and delicious — some- 
what adherent to the stone. Ripe in September.— (E. Dorr in 
Cult.) 
Hudson Gage. 
Raised by L. U. Lawrence, of Hudson, N. Y. Tree thrifty, 
productive. 
Branches downy. Fruit of medium size, oval, a little enlarg- 
ed on one side of the obscure suture. Skin yellow, clouded 
with green streaks under the skin, and covered with a thin 
white bloom. Stalk short, little more than half an inch long, 
inserted in a moderate hollow. Flesh greenish, very juicy and 
melting, with a rich, sprightly, excellent flavour. It separates 
from the stone, (adhering very slightly,) which is quite small. 
First week in August, two weeks before the Washington. 
Imperial Gage. Pom. Man. Ken. 
Flushing Gage. Thomp. Floy. Prince’s Imperial Gage. 
"White Gage, of Boston. 
The Imperial Gage has long 
enjoyed the reputation of one 
of the most excellent and pro- 
ductive of plums. It was rais- 
ed at Prince’s Nursery, Flush- 
ing, N. Y., from the seed of 
the Green Gage, and the fact 
of the fruit of a single tree 
near Boston having produced 
fruit to the value of nearly fif- 
ty dollars, annually, has often 
been repeated as a proof of the 
profit of its cultivation for mar- 
ket. It should be remarked, 
however, as an exception to 
the general rule, that it is pe- 
culiarly fitted for dry, light 
soils, where many sorts drop 
their fruit, and that in rich 
heavy soils, like those of Albany, the fruit is often insipid. 
The tree grows freely and rises rapidly, and has long dark 
shoots and leaves, slightly downy. Fruit rather above medium 
size, oval, with a distinct suture. Stalk nearly an inch long, 
slightly hairy, and pretty stout, inserted in an even hollow 
Skin pale green, until fully ripe, when it is tinged with yellow 
Superiour Green Gage. 
