The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . place inevery garden. Lawrences Favorite forms an up-right tree of thrifty growth. Youngbranches smooth. Fruit large, heavy, roxmdish, a littleflattened at either end. Skin dull yel-lowish green, clouded with streaks of adarker shade beneath, and covered witha light bluish-green bloom. The upperpart of the fruit, when fully ripe, is cov-ered with a pecidiar hrownish networh,and a few reddish dots. Stalk short,only half an inch long, slender, inserted in a narrow cavity. Flesh greenish,Lawrences Favorite. i t x ^ /-•< r< resembling that oi
The fruits and fruit-trees of America; . place inevery garden. Lawrences Favorite forms an up-right tree of thrifty growth. Youngbranches smooth. Fruit large, heavy, roxmdish, a littleflattened at either end. Skin dull yel-lowish green, clouded with streaks of adarker shade beneath, and covered witha light bluish-green bloom. The upperpart of the fruit, when fully ripe, is cov-ered with a pecidiar hrownish networh,and a few reddish dots. Stalk short,only half an inch long, slender, inserted in a narrow cavity. Flesh greenish,Lawrences Favorite. i t x ^ /-•< r< resembling that oi the Green Gage, re-markably juicy and melting, perhaps scarcely so rich as the latter, butwith a very lich, sprightly vinous flavor, and one of the most deliciousof plums. The flesh sometimes adheres a little when not fully ripe,but then separates freely. Best. Middle of August. Lawsons Golden. Damas Lawson. Golden Gage Lawson. Tree vigorous, productive. Branches smooth. Fruit medium, roundish oval. Suture very shallow. Skin pale yel. THE PLUM. 929 low, lightly shaded and mottled in the sun with dull crimson, coveredwith a thin bloom. Stalk long, slender. Cavity small. Flesh yellow juicy, sweet. Adheres to the stone. Good to very good. Last of Lewiston Egg. Origin, Lewiston, N. Y. Tree vigoroiis and productive. Branchesiowny. Fruit medium size, oval. Skin pale yellow, with a bloom. Fleshyellow, adhering closely to the stone, not very sweet, and only second-cate flavor. Good. Last of August. Ltegels de Braunau Nouvelle. Branches downy. Fruit medium, roundish. Suture deep. Skin like Green Gage,covered with a white bloom, becoming yellowish as it ripens. Fleshgreenish yellow, melting, juicy, sugary ; separates from the stone. Lastof September. (Hogg.) Scarlet. Beekmans Scarlet. Montgomery Prune. Tree very vigorous, hardy, has strikingly crimpled leaves, brightpurple glossy shoots, very productive, popular. It was called the Lombard Pl
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