Harrison & Sons nurseries . d one-half inches long by twoinches broad; yellow ground nearly covered with car-mine red; flesh orange yellow, very solid and sub-acid iquality very good; clingstone. First of September. German Prune—A valuable plum, of fair qualityfor the table, but -most esteemed for drying and pre-serving; fruit long, oval; skin purple, with a thickblue bloom; flesh firm, green, sweet and pleasant;seoarates from the stone. 50 HARRISONS NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. •Green Gage—Small; yellowish green; flesh pale^reen, melting, juicj, exceedingly sweet and rich, andunequalled in flav
Harrison & Sons nurseries . d one-half inches long by twoinches broad; yellow ground nearly covered with car-mine red; flesh orange yellow, very solid and sub-acid iquality very good; clingstone. First of September. German Prune—A valuable plum, of fair qualityfor the table, but -most esteemed for drying and pre-serving; fruit long, oval; skin purple, with a thickblue bloom; flesh firm, green, sweet and pleasant;seoarates from the stone. 50 HARRISONS NURSERIES, BERLIN, MD. •Green Gage—Small; yellowish green; flesh pale^reen, melting, juicj, exceedingly sweet and rich, andunequalled in flavor; one of the richest and best fla-vored plums ; separates from the stone; growth slow,and young trees are hard to raise iu moist Lombard—Medium size, oval, violet red, flesh yel-low, juicy and pleasant. A great bearer and peculiarlyadapted to light soils. Tree vigorous and hardy, suc-ceeds when most other varieties fail. The most pop-ular and profitable plum under general of Normand—Strong, upright growing tree; very productive; fruit medium to large; skin golden yellowwith a slight blush—a beauty; flesh firm, yellow, ofhigh quality; small pit. Ripens with or just afterBurbank, and is the most valuable of the yellow vari-eties. October Purple—Propagated by Luther Burbank,of California. Fruit large and uniform in size; colora dark, rich maroon; stone small; flavor fine. Tree afinegrower. Ripens middle of September. Should bein every collection. PrunusSimoni—(Apricot Plum)—A distinct speciesfrom China. Growth erect; flowers small, white, ap-pearing early in the Spring; fruit large, flattened, ofthe size and appearance of a Nectarine, and of a brickred color; flesh yellow, with a peculiar aromaticflavor. Red June—A vigorous, hard, upright, spreadingtree, as productive as Abundance; fruit medium tolarge; deep vermillion red, with handsome bloom,verj-showy; flesh light lemon yellow, slightly sub-acid of good and plea
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