. The American fruit culturist. dsome bloom ; rathercoarse, juicy, moderately rich. Middle of September. Treevigorous, branches smooth, grayish. A beautiful showy Fig. 750. Ponds Seedling, of Massachusetts, a verj^ distinct sort, is medium insize, roundish, purple ; flesh yellowish, rather dry, sweet withacid, flavor moderate or poor. Early. Shoots downy. PL UMS. 561 Prince Englebert. Large, oblong-oval; deep bluish-purple, with adense bloom ; stalk rather slender, with a fleshy ring at base, cav-ity rather deep and narrow ; flesh juicy, melting, with a pleasant,moderately rich,
. The American fruit culturist. dsome bloom ; rathercoarse, juicy, moderately rich. Middle of September. Treevigorous, branches smooth, grayish. A beautiful showy Fig. 750. Ponds Seedling, of Massachusetts, a verj^ distinct sort, is medium insize, roundish, purple ; flesh yellowish, rather dry, sweet withacid, flavor moderate or poor. Early. Shoots downy. PL UMS. 561 Prince Englebert. Large, oblong-oval; deep bluish-purple, with adense bloom ; stalk rather slender, with a fleshy ring at base, cav-ity rather deep and narrow ; flesh juicy, melting, with a pleasant,moderately rich, and very good flavor—freestone. End of downy. Belgian. Fig. 751. Prune dAgen, or Agen Date.* Size medium, obovate, flattened oneside ; skin reddish-purple, bloom blue ; stalk short; flesh greenish-yellow, very sweet and excellent. Yery late, profusely produc-tive. Shoots smooth, leaves narrow. French. Culinary. Ex-tensively grown for prunes on the Pacific coast, and there oftencalled the Petite or French Fig. 752—Purple Favorite. Fig. 753-—Purple Gage. Purple Favorite. Size medium, or rather large, round-obovate;suture obsolete; skin brownish-purple; bloom thin, light blue;stalk three-fourths of an inch long, scarcely sunk; flesh pale green-ish, juicy, tender, melting, rich, sweet, excellent, free from thevery small, roundish stone. Season about medium, or last weekof August. Shoots nearly smooth, short-jointed, growth slow,much resembling that of the Red Diaper. Origin, Newburgh,N. Y. Fig. 752. Purple Gage.* (Reine Claude Violette, Violet Queen Claude.)Size medium, roundish, slightly flattened at ends, suture distinct,shallow; surface violet, bloom light blue; stalk an inch long,cavity narrow ; flesh rather firm, greenish-yellow, rich, sugary, ofvery high and excellent flavor, free from the oval, compressedstone. Ripens rather late, hanging long, and slightly shrivellingon the tree. Shoots smooth, resembling those of the Green spurious sort
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