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THE PLUM. 
Nectarine. Thomp. Lind. 
Caledonian. Peach Plum. ) incorrectly 
Howell’s Large. Prune Peche. ) of some. 
Jenkins’ Imperial. Louis Philippe. 
Tree vigorous, upright, stout, blunt, purplish shoots, nearly 
smooth. A fine looking fruit, of foreign origin, hut only ol 
second quality. 4 
Fruit of the largest size, regularly formed, roundish. Stalk 
about half an inch long, rather stout, and set in a wide shallow 
depression. Skin purple, dusted with a blue bloom. Flesh dull 
greenish-yellow, becoming tinged with red at maturity, a little 
coarse grained, with a rich, brisk flavour, and adhering partial ly 
to the stone. A good and regular bearer. Ripens about the 
15 th of August. 
Orange. 
Orange Gage, {of some.)* 
Origin, Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., N. Y. Tree a vigorous 
grower, productive. 
Branches stout and smooth. Fruit very large, oval, flattened 
at both ends. Skin bronze-yellow, marked with roughish white 
dots, and clouded with purplish red near the stalk. The latter 
is three-fourths of an inch long, rather rough, inserted in a nar- 
row round cavity. Flesh deep yellow, a little coarse grained, 
but with acid flavour when fully ripe. It adheres a little to the 
stone, which is much compressed and furrowed. Ripens the 
last of August. 
Orleans. Lind. Thomp. 
Monsieur. ) of the 
Monsieur Ordinaire. ) French . 
Old Orleans. 
Red Damask. 
A popular English market plum, being hardy and uniformly 
productive. 
Branches grey, and very downy. Fruit middle sized, round, 
a little enlarged on one side of the distinct suture. Skin dark 
red, becoming purple in the sun. Flesh yellowish, sweet, mixed 
with acid, and separates freely from the stone. Ripens a little 
after the middle of August. 
* There is a great propensity for calling every plum of merit a Gage, 
in this part of the country. As this has no resemblance whatever to the 
original type of this class, we drop that part of its name. 
