THE PLUM, 
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Early Yellow Prune. 
Tree vigorous and very productive. Branches downy. Fruit 
rather large, oval. Skin yellow, with a very slight bloom, and 
dotted with red in the sun. Stalk of medium length, inserted 
in a small cavity. Flesh yellow, sweet, juicy, with somewhat 
of a melon flavour. Separates from the stone. Bipens middle 
of August. 
Emerald Drop. 
Origin, Newburgh, N. Y. Tree moderately vigorous, and 
very productive. 
Branches long and smooth. Fruit of medium size, long-oval. 
Suture strongly marked, and the fruit larger on one of its sides. 
Skin pale yellowish-green, sometimes dull green only, in the 
shade. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, inserted with 
scarcely any depression. Flesh greenish-yellow, very juicy, ad- 
heres somewhat to the stone, which is long and pointed. Last 
of August. 
English Wheat. 
Fruit medium, roundish-oval, suture moderate. Skin red- 
dish-purple, with a blue bloom, covered with numerous white 
dots. Stalk half an inch long, rather strong, set in a rather 
deep cavity. Flesh yellow, a little coarse, juicy, sweet, with a 
rich flavour. It adheres to the stone. Bipens the last of August. 
Italian Prune. 
Prune d’ltalie. Fellenberg. 
Branches grey, smooth. Fruit medium oval, suture mode- 
rate. Skin dark blue, with a bloom. Stalk an inch long, rather 
stout, inserted in a very small cavity. Flesh dark yellow, juicy, 
sweet, and good. Separates from the stone. Bipens first of 
October. 
Frost Gage. Pom. Man. 
Frost Plum. 
A late plum, scarcely yielding to any other late variety in the 
excellence of its flavour. It appears to have originated in Fish- 
kill, Dutchess county, N. Y., where it has, for many years past, 
been most extensively cultivated for market; but of late has 
been so subject to knots that it is not now much grown. 
Branches smooth. Fruit rather below medium size, roundish 
oval, with a distinct suture on one side. Skin deep purple, 
with a few brown specks, and a thin bloom. Stalk half to 
