. American horticultural manual .. . rted in very slight depression;suture obscure. Flesh yehow, rich, sweet; very good; cling. Anold variety, yet popular as a home fruit. Domestica. Xew York. Blue Imperatrice.—Large, irregular, heart-shaped; color dark bluewith yello«ish dots; stalk one to one and one-quarter inches long,slender, and inserted in shallow cavity; suture distinct but yellow, firm, juicy; quality nearly best; cling. Domestica. Blue Moldavka.—Large, oblong ovate; slightly irregular; colormaroon scarlet with gray and blue V>loom; suture distinct, terminatingat apex
. American horticultural manual .. . rted in very slight depression;suture obscure. Flesh yehow, rich, sweet; very good; cling. Anold variety, yet popular as a home fruit. Domestica. Xew York. Blue Imperatrice.—Large, irregular, heart-shaped; color dark bluewith yello«ish dots; stalk one to one and one-quarter inches long,slender, and inserted in shallow cavity; suture distinct but yellow, firm, juicy; quality nearly best; cling. Domestica. Blue Moldavka.—Large, oblong ovate; slightly irregular; colormaroon scarlet with gray and blue V>loom; suture distinct, terminatingat apex; stalk half an inch long, rather stout, inserted in deep narrowcavity. Flesh greenish white, quite firm, juicy, subacid. P>cst forciilinary use, b\it only fair for dessert; nearly freestone. Domestica;Russia. Bradshaw.—^ery large, obovate, and sometimes necked; color red- THE PLUM. 307 dish purple, with light-blue bloom; stalk stout, curved, set in smallcavity. Flesh yellowish, changing to brownish purple ^\hen fuUj ripe;. Blue Imperatrice. // v^^ l^\ Blue Moldavka. rather coarse, juicy, subacid, pleasant; quality good to very good; pitnearly free. Domestiea. 3()S >^ POMOLOGY Bryanstone (Bryanstone Gage).—Size medium, oval, often round-ish; ciilor srceni-^li yellow, with darker shade in the sun; bloom light;stem medium, stout, in shallow cavity. Flesh yellow, juiey, richlyflavored; quality very good; of the Green Case type. Grown mostlySouth. Domcstica.
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