. The American fruit culturist. rich, free from the pointed stone. Rather early, last half ofAugust. Shoots downy, very vigorous,/%-^ leaves very large. Often unproductive. Origin, New York city. Fig. 777. White or Yellow Damson. (Late Yel-low Damson.) Small (one inch long),oval, pale yellow, dotted with reddish-brown ; stalk half an inch long, downy,not sunk; flesh rich, sub-acid, agree-able ; ripens very late, hanging long onthe tree. Shoots smooth, growth very productive. Fig. 778. Yellow Egg. (White Magnum Bonum,White Imperial, White Egg.) Verylarge, oval, narrow at ends, necked
. The American fruit culturist. rich, free from the pointed stone. Rather early, last half ofAugust. Shoots downy, very vigorous,/%-^ leaves very large. Often unproductive. Origin, New York city. Fig. 777. White or Yellow Damson. (Late Yel-low Damson.) Small (one inch long),oval, pale yellow, dotted with reddish-brown ; stalk half an inch long, downy,not sunk; flesh rich, sub-acid, agree-able ; ripens very late, hanging long onthe tree. Shoots smooth, growth very productive. Fig. 778. Yellow Egg. (White Magnum Bonum,White Imperial, White Egg.) Verylarge, oval, narrow at ends, necked atbase, suture distinct, stalk an inchlong, not sunk, surrounded by a fleshyring at insertion; skin light yellow,bloom thin, white; flesh firm, coarse,acid, becoming sweeter bjripening, ad-hering closely to the long, pointedstone. Ripens about the end of largely grown for market and for culinary Rivers, of vSawbridgeworth, England, says the Yellow Mag-num Bonum is an American plum of extreme hardiness—good^. Fig. 779.—Yellow Gage,Princes. PL VMS. 575 but not first-rate—flesh dings—and bears more freely than ourold White Magnum Bonum. Yellow Gage; English. (Little Queen Claude.) Small, round,suture on one side distinct; surface pale yellowish-green, becom-ing yellow, with a few reddish dots, bloom dense; stalk half aninch long, slender, slightly sunk; flesh very sweet, pleasant,quite free from the stone. Ripens nearly with the Green long, smooth. Of French origin. Yellow Gage, Princes.* (American Yellow Gage.) Size medium ;oval, slightly broadest at base ; suture a mere line ; surface goldenyellow, slightly clouded; bloom white, copious; stalk an inchlong, cavity small, round; flesh deep yellow, rich, sugary, melt-ing, sometimes rather dry. Ripens early in August. Shootssmooth, short-jointed, leaves glossy, tree becoming , Flushing, L. I. Fig. 779. JAPANESE GROUP—PRUNUS TRIFLORA. Division I. Red, Purple, or Blue. Abundance
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