. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. S66 Plums. beauty, and productiveness. A great grower, irregular. Distinct from and better than Sharp's Emperor. Fig. 761. Wangenheim.* Medium, oval, suture shallow but distinct, dark blue, stem short, set without depression; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, firm, sweet, rich, "very good," partly free from the rather large stone. German, a sort of prune. Growth erect, moderately vigorous, tree very productive. One of the best of its class. Fig.
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. S66 Plums. beauty, and productiveness. A great grower, irregular. Distinct from and better than Sharp's Emperor. Fig. 761. Wangenheim.* Medium, oval, suture shallow but distinct, dark blue, stem short, set without depression; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, firm, sweet, rich, "very good," partly free from the rather large stone. German, a sort of prune. Growth erect, moderately vigorous, tree very productive. One of the best of its class. Fig. 762. Wax. Large, slightly oval; rich yellow, mostly covered with red bloom lilac; stalk long; flesh greenish-yellow, juicy, sprightly, freestone. October. Albany, N. y. York State Prune. Large, oval, sutured at apex, dark blue, light bloom, firm, juicy, free. Vigorous, productive; a good market plum. New York. Fig. 763. Division III. Green, White or Yellow. Albany Beauty. (Denniston's Albany Beauty.) Size medium or rather small, roundish-oval, with a slight neck at base, suture obscure; surface pale whitish-green, purple dots numerous, bloom thin; stalk an inch or more long, slender, scarcely sunk; flesh yellow, moderately juicy, rich, sweet, free from the small, pointed stone. Ripens the last week in August. Shoots lightly downy. Origin, Albany, N. Y. Apricot. (French Apricot.) Size medium or rather large, roundish, suture deep; stalk scarcely half an inch long; surface yellow, dotted and tinged with red in the sun; bloom white; flesh yellow rather firm, slightly bitter, becoming, when ripe, melting, juicy, and pleasant. Rather early. Shoots quite downy. The English Apricot plum is a third-rate, clingstone, oval fruit, with smooth shoots. Autumn Gage. (Roe's Autumn Gage.) Size medium, ovate, slightly conical; stalk three-fourths of an inch long, not sunk; sur- face pale yellow, bloom thin, whitish; flesh greenish - yellow, juicy, sweet, delicate, pleasant, free from the long,
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