The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . ght blue bloom, easily rubbed off. Stalk three-fourthsof an inch long, slender, hairy, slightly inserted. Flesh pale gi-een, juicy,very melting, rich, and delicious, separating from the stone, which isquite small. Good to very good. Last of August. Red Gage. An American Plum, of delicious flavor, very hardy, and a prodigiousbearer. It is a seedling raised from the Green Gage by the elder , of the Flushing. Nurseries, in grows very vigorously, and is distin-guished, when young, by its deep greencrimped foliage. Branches dark reddish,smoo
The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . ght blue bloom, easily rubbed off. Stalk three-fourthsof an inch long, slender, hairy, slightly inserted. Flesh pale gi-een, juicy,very melting, rich, and delicious, separating from the stone, which isquite small. Good to very good. Last of August. Red Gage. An American Plum, of delicious flavor, very hardy, and a prodigiousbearer. It is a seedling raised from the Green Gage by the elder , of the Flushing. Nurseries, in grows very vigorously, and is distin-guished, when young, by its deep greencrimped foliage. Branches dark reddish,smooth. Fruit about as large as the Green Gage,but more oval, regularly formed. Skinbrownish or brick red, with little rather slender, set in a nai^row greenish amber, very juicy, melting,sugaiy, and luscious. It parts freely fromthe stone, which is small. Best. Middle ofAugust. Red Gage of Dutchess County. »«>* Gage. ^ seedling of Dutchess Co., N. Y. Tree vigorous, upright, productive. Branches slightly THE PLUM. 943 Fruit mediuvn, roundisli oval, a little compressed. Suture large,often exteudiug two-thirds around the fruit. Skin yellowisli, nearlycovered with a light reddish purple, and with a thin lilac bloom, thicklysprinkle! with brown dots. Stalk short, stout. Cavity large. Fleshyellow, juicy, slightly vinous; adheres to the stone. Good. liast of\.ugust. Red Magnum Bonum. Purple Egg. Imperial Violet. Prune dCBuf. Red Imperial. Imperiale Violette. Red Egg. Imperial. Imperiale Rouge. Askews Purple Egg. Purple Magnum Bonum. Dame Aubert Violette. Die Rothe Eiperflaume. Florence. Imperiale. Shepler ? A foreign variety of moderate growth, slender smooth shoots, distinct from the American vaiiety, which is a vigorous grower, withdowny shoots. Fruit large, oval, with a strong suture, on one side of which thefruit is more swollen. Skin rather pale in the shade, but deep red inthe sun, sprinkled with many gray dots, and dusted with but little paleb
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