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father of the author. Its origin 
we were never able to learn, 
and we have not been able 
during all our pomological re- 
searches and comparisons, to 
identify it with any other sort. 
The Purple Favourite, when 
in perfection, is not surpassed 
by any other plum in luscious 
flavour. It is more juicy and 
melting than the Purple Gage, 
and has some affinity to the 
Diapree Rouge, or Minims. It 
should have a place in every 
garden, as it bears well, and is 
very hardy. In the nursery it 
has the dwarfish habit of the 
Green Gage, but more slender 
shoots. 
Purpk Favourite . Branches nearly smooth, short 
jointed. Fruit medium size, 
often large, roundish-obovate. Suture none. Skin light brown 
in the shade, brownish-purple in the sun, dotted with numerous 
golden specks, and dusted with thin, light blue bloom. Stalk 
three-fourths to one inch long, set in a very slight depression. 
Flesh pale greenish, very juicy, tender, melting, with a luscious 
sweetness. Parts freely from the stone, which is very small 
and roundish. Begins to ripen about the 20th of August, and 
will hang for a fortnight on the tree. 
This is known, incorrectly, as the Purple Gage, in some parts 
of the country. 
Red Gage. Pom. Man. 
An American plum, of delicious 
flavour, very hardy, and a prodigious 
bearer. It is a seedling raised from 
the Green Gage, by the elder Wm. 
Prince, of the Flushing Nurseries, in 
1790. It grows very vigorously, and 
is distinguished, when young, by its 
deep green, crimped foliage. 
Branches dark reddish, smooth. 
Fruit about as large as the Green 
Gage, but more oval, regularly formed. 
Skin brownish or brick red, with little 
bloom. Stalk rather slender, set in a 
narrow cavity. Flesh greenish-amber, 
very juicy, melting, sugary, and lus« 
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