Archive image from page 462 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 rick cites a single tree at Charlestown, Mass., the fruit of which, for several successive years, sold for $40 to $50. Downing says it is particularly fitted for light dry soils, and that on heavy lands it is often insipid. ' Skin light green, when fully ma- tured inclining to yellow, with a profu- sion of bloom. Flesh green, and of a sprightly flavour. Ripens at Philadel- phia late in August. It is a liberal bearer, and may be safely recommended as a desirable

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Archive image from page 462 of A dictionary of modern gardening. A dictionary of modern gardening . dictionaryofmode01john Year: 1847 rick cites a single tree at Charlestown, Mass., the fruit of which, for several successive years, sold for $40 to $50. Downing says it is particularly fitted for light dry soils, and that on heavy lands it is often insipid. ' Skin light green, when fully ma- tured inclining to yellow, with a profu- sion of bloom. Flesh green, and of a sprightly flavour. Ripens at Philadel- phia late in August. It is a liberal bearer, and may be safely recommended as a desirable variety.'—Rural Reg. Fig. 134. Green Gage, of the English and American gardens. (Fig. 134.) There is no plum better known (and none more worthy of being known) than the Green Gage, which derived its name

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