. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. THK PLUM. 363 remarkable tenacit? to the tree; very productive. Fruit large, necked. Stalk long, inserted in a ring. Colour rich yellow, dotted and shaded with carmine; bloom lilac. Skin thick; flesh rather coarse, but very sugary, rich, and delicious—some- what adherent to the stone. Ripe in September.—(E. Dorr in Oult.) Hudson Ga
. The fruits and fruit trees of America : or, The culture, propagation and management, in the garden and orchard, of fruit trees generally, with descriptions of all the finest varieties of fruit, native and foreign, cultivated in this country . Fruit-culture; Fruit. THK PLUM. 363 remarkable tenacit? to the tree; very productive. Fruit large, necked. Stalk long, inserted in a ring. Colour rich yellow, dotted and shaded with carmine; bloom lilac. Skin thick; flesh rather coarse, but very sugary, rich, and delicious—some- what adherent to the stone. Ripe in September.—(E. Dorr in Oult.) Hudson Gage. Raised by L. IT. Lawrence, of Hudson, N. Y. Tree thrifty, productive. Branches downy. Fruit of medium size, oval, a little enlarg- ed on one side of the obscure sut^ire. j,Skin yellow, clouded with green streaks under the skin, and covered with a thin white bloom. Stalk short, little more than half an inch long, inserted in a moderate hollow. Flesh greenish, very juicy and melting, with a rich, sprightly, excellent flavour. It separates from the stone, (adhering very slightly,) which is quite small. First week in August, two weeks before the Washington. Impbkial Gage. Hushing Gage. Thomp. Floy. "White &age, of Boston. Pom. Man. Ken. Prince's Inaperial Gage. Superiour Green Gage. The Imperial Gage has long enjoyed the reputation of one of the most excellent and pro- ductive of plums. It was rais- ed at Prince's Nursery, Flush- ing, N. Y., from the seed of the Green Gage, and the fact of the fruit of a singly tree near Boston having produced fruit to the value of nearly fif- ty dollars, annually, has often been repeated as a proof-of the profit of its cultivation for mar- ket. It should be remarked, however, as an exception to the general rule, that it is pe- culiarly fitted for dry, light soils, where many sorts drop their fruit, and that in rich heavy soils, like those of Albany, the fruit is often insipid. The tree grows freely and rises rapidly, and has long
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