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THE PLUM. 
Stalk about ail inch long, stout, inserted without cavity, in a 
folded border. Skin yellow, with numerous white dots, covered 
with thin white bloom — when fully ripe, of a deep gold colour. 
Flesh yellow, adhering closely to the stone, rather acid until 
very ripe, when it becomes sweet, though of only second rate 
flavour. Stem long, and pointed at both ends. A pretty good 
bearer, though apt, in light soils, to drop from the tree before 
matured. Middle of August. 
Wilkinson. 
Tree vigorous. Branches smooth, rather slender. Fruit me* 
dium, oval, slightly necked. Skin reddish-purple, covered with 
a thick bloom. Stalk medium, set in a small cavity. Flesh 
dark yellow, rather firm, sweet, not rich or high flavoured. Ad- 
heres partially to the stone. Ripens the last of September. 
Woolston’s Black Gage. 
English. Fruit round, below medium size, black, very juicy, 
rich and sugary ; a free grower and great bearer. This and 
Angeline Burdett are much alike in their fruit, but differ in the 
habit of the trees. Both have thick skins, which induces them 
to shrivel on the trees and become luscious sweetmeats. Be- 
ginning of September. (Riv. Cat.) 
Yellow Gage, [of the English.] Thomp. 
Little Queen Claude. Mill. Lind. 
Petite Reine Claude. 0. Duh . 
Reine Claude Blanche. 
petite esp^ce. 
Small Green Gage. ) of some 
Gonne’s Green Gage. >• English 
White Gage. ) gardens. 
This plum, formerly known, we believe, as the Little Queen 
Claude, but which has now received the sobriquet of Yellow 
Gage, we suppose for good reasons, from the head of the fruit 
department, in the London Horticultural Society’s garden, is an 
old French variety, described by Duliamel. 
Branches smooth and rather long. Fruit below medium size, 
round, with a distinct suture on one side. Stalk half an inch 
long, rather slender, inserted in a slight hollow. Skin pale yel- 
lowish-green, speckled with a few reddish dots, and overspread 
with a good deal of bloom. Flesh pale yellow, sweet, and 
pleasant, separates freely from the stone. Ripens about the 
middle of August. 
