. 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. THE PLUM. 3G9. father of the author. Its origin we were never able to learn, and we have not been able during all our pomological re- searches and comparisons, to identify it with any other sort. The Purple Favourite, when in perfection, is not surpassed by any other plum in luscious flavour. It is more juicy and melting than the P
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. 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. THE PLUM. 3G9. father of the author. Its origin we were never able to learn, and we have not been able during all our pomological re- searches and comparisons, to identify it with any other sort. The Purple Favourite, when in perfection, is not surpassed by any other plum in luscious flavour. It is more juicy and melting than the Purple Gage, and has some affinity to the Diapr6e Ronge, or Minims. It should have a place in every garden, as it bears well, and is very hardy. In the nursery it has the dwarfish habit of the Green Gage, but more slender shoots. Branches nearly smooth, short jointed. Fruit medium size, often large, roundish-oboyate. Suture none. Skin light brown in the shade, brownish-purple in the sun, dotted with numerous golden specks, and dusted with thin, light blue bloom. Stalk three-fourths to one inch long, set in a very slight depression. Flesh pale greenish, very juicy, tender, melting, with a luscious sweetness. Parts freely from the stone, which is very small and roundish. Begins to ripen about the 20th of August, and will hang for a fortnight on the tree. This is known, incorrectly, as the Purple Gage, in some parts of the country. Red Gage. Pom. Man. An American plum, of delicipus flavour, very hardy, and a' prodigious bearer. It is a seedling raised from the Green Gage, by the elder Wm. Prince, of the Flushing Nurseries, in lYGO. It grows very vigorously, and is distinguished, when young, by ita deep green, crimped foliage. Branches dark reddish, smooth. Fruit about as large as the Green Gage, but more oval, regularly formed. Skin brownish or brick red, with little bloom. Stalk rather slender, set in a narrow cavity. Flesh greenish-amber, very juicy, meltiBg, sugary, and lus 16*