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 . llow, with stripesor splashes of green,covered with a thinbloom. Suture me-dium, apex short andstout, set in a smallcavitv. Flesh yel- Reine Claude De Bavay. low, juicy, melting, with a sugary, rich, excellent flavour. Se-parates from the stone. Ripens last of September, and first ofOctober. RoYALE. O. Duh. Thomp. Royale. Lind. Hooke
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 . llow, with stripesor splashes of green,covered with a thinbloom. Suture me-dium, apex short andstout, set in a smallcavitv. Flesh yel- Reine Claude De Bavay. low, juicy, melting, with a sugary, rich, excellent flavour. Se-parates from the stone. Ripens last of September, and first ofOctober. RoYALE. O. Duh. Thomp. Royale. Lind. Hooker. The Royale, a French variety,is undoubtedly one of the rich-est plums. It is peculiarly crisp,with a very high flavour, and isremarkable for the exceedinglythick coat of bloom which co-vers the skin. The tree is aslow grower, forms a bushy,spreading head, and its verydowny shoots have a gray orwhitish appearance. It bearsregularly, but moderately, and,though not fit for the orchard,it is a first rate garden fruit. Fruit of medium size, oftenquite large; round, lessening alittle towards the stalk. Su- Royale. ture distinct at the apex on one side only. Skin reddish-purple,dotted with light brown specks, and covered with a thick pale. THE PLUM. 371 bloom, which adheres closely. Stalk three-fourths of an inchlong, downy, set in a narrow cavity. Flesh dull yellow, ratherfirm but melting, very juicy, with an exceedingly rich, vinousflavour; it separates from the stone, which is small, roundish,pointed at both ends. Ripe the last of August, and will hang,dropping gradually, till the middle of September. Schuyler Gage. Originated with Gen. Schuyler, Albany, N. Y., from a seedof the Green Gage. Tree upright, very vigorous and productive. Branches grey, smooth. Fruit medium, oval, suture mode-rate. Skin yellow, with small green splashes, dotted, and washedwith carmine on the sunny side, and covered with a thin long, curved, inserted in a small cavity. Flesh yellow,juicy,
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