. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. THE PLUM. 371 bloom, wliicla adheres closely. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, downy, set in a narrow cavity. Flesh dull yellow, rather firm but melting, very juicy, with an exceedingly rich, vinous flavour; it separates from the stone, which is small, loundish, pointed at both ends. Ripe the last of August, and will hang, drop
. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. THE PLUM. 371 bloom, wliicla adheres closely. Stalk three-fourths of an inch long, downy, set in a narrow cavity. Flesh dull yellow, rather firm but melting, very juicy, with an exceedingly rich, vinous flavour; it separates from the stone, which is small, loundish, pointed at both ends. Ripe the last of August, and will hang, dropping gradually, till the middle of September, Schuyler Gage. Originated with Gen. Schuyler, Albany, N. Y., from a seed of the Green Gage. Tree upright, very vigorous and productive. Branches grey, smooth. Fruit medium, oval, suture mode- rate. Skin yellow, with small green splashes, dotted, and washed with carmine on the sunny side, and covered with a thin bloom. Stalk long, curved, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh yellow, juicy, sweet, rich, and excellent. Separates from the stone. Ripens last of September, and continues a long time in use. Washington. P. Man. Thomp. Lind. Bolmer. New "WashhiKton. Bolmer's "Washington. Franklin. The Washington undoubt- edly stands higher in general estimation in this country, than any other plum. Al- though not equal to the Green Gage and two or three others, in high flavour, yet its great size, its beauty, and the vigour and hardi- ness of the tree, are quali- ties which have brought this noble fruit into notice eyery where. The parent s tree grew originally on Delan- cey's farm, on the east side of the Bowery, New York, but being grafted with ano- ther sort, escaped notice, WaeMTigtoa. until a sucker from it, plant- ed by Mr. Bolmer,* a merchant in Chatham-street, came, into bearing about the year 1818, and attracted universal attention by the'remarkable beauty and size of the fruit. In 1821, this sort was first sent to the Hortic
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