Coe's Golden Drop, Of Hooker, Lind-Lay, And Others

Coe's Imperial, Coe's Seedling, etc. (Fig. 132.) "Mr. Coe, a market gardener of Norfolk, England, who raised this plum, has perpetuated his name by association with it. Many varieties have been subsequently produced, but few of them have as high claims to regard, as the Golden Drop - indeed it has been pronounced superior to any late plum cultivated in Britain.

Fig. 132.

"The fruit is of extra large size, rich, and in the opinion of competent judges, not inferior to the celebrated Green Gage, to approach which in quality, is usually deemed high merit. Skin greenish yellow, spotted on the sunny side with violet and crimson. Flesh firm, adhering to the stone. The tree is of vigorous habit, and has proved well suited to the middle States."- Rural Reg.

Imperial Gage, {Prince's Imperial)

(Fig. 133.) "This is a seedling from the Green Gage, raised by the late Mr. Prince, of Flushing, New York, and has received much praise. The tree is of robust habit; fruit larger than the Green Gage, and of good quality. Kenrick cites a single tree at Charlestown, Mass., the fruit of which, for several successive years, sold for 840 to 850. Downing says it is particularly fitted for light dry soils, and that on heavy lands it is often insipid.

Fig. 133.

"Skin light green, when fully matured inclining to yellow, with a profusion of bloom. Flesh green, and of a sprightly flavour. Ripens at Philadelphia late in August. It is a liberal bearer, and may be safely recommended as a desirable variety." - Rural Reg.

Green Gage, Of The English And American Gardens

(Fig. 134.) There is no plum better known (and none more worthy of being known) than the Green Gage, which derived its name from a family of the name of Gage who obtained it in France, where it is popularly termed the Reine Claude, (or Queen Claude,) after the wife of Francis I. Those qualified to give an opinion on the subject, have declared it to be the best plum known in England. The size is below medium. Skin green, inclining to yellow when fully ripe, and occasionally marbled with red. Ripe middle of August.

Fig. 134.

Jefferson

(Fig. 135.) This excellent variety is the product of the late Judge Buel of Albany, so long and so favourably associated with the "Cultivator." Mr. Downing, whose opinion has great weight with us, says, if he were asked which he thought'the most desirable and the most beautiful of all dessert plums, he should undoubtedly give the name of this new variety. He thinks it, when fully ripe, nearly if not quite equal in flavour to the Green Gage - "it is as large as the Washington, more richly and deeply coloured, being dark yellow, uniformly and handsomely marked with a fine ruddy cheek. It is about ten days or a fortnight later than the Washington, ripening the last of August, when it has the rare quality of hanging long on the tree, gradually improving in flavour." - "Frvits of America."'

Fig. 135.

Magnum Bonum, (Yellow Egg)

(Fig. 136.) These are the two popular names for a variety very generally cultivated in France and England, and known to a considerable extent in the gardens of our sea-board. It is an attractive variety, and though by no means equal in point of quality to many less prepossessing, is nevertheless in high repute. Skin yellow. Flesh closely united to the stone, sub-acid until dead ripe, when the flavour is highest. It is an excellent preserving plum - its large size adding to its merit in that particular.

Fig. 136.