PLUMS AND PLUM CULTURE IN MICHIGAN. 245 



WASHINGTON, 



known also as Bolmer, or Bolmer's Washington, appears in the market list 

 with twenty trees of the proportion of one hundred, and in the family list with 

 the proportion of twelve in one hundred. 



This noble fruit originated, according to Downing, on what was known as 

 the Delaney farm, on the east side of the Bowery, in the city of New York ; 

 but the tree was grafted, before bearing, with another variety, and hence es- 

 caped notice until Mr. Bolmer, a merchant in Chatham street, planted a sprout 

 from it, which came into bearing about the year 1818, when the remarkable 

 size and beauty of the fruit at once attracted universal attention. The young 

 wood is light brown, downy, with remarkably large, broad, and glossy foliage. 

 Fruit of the largest size, roundish oval, with an obscure suture. Skin, before 

 fully ripe, dull yellow, faintly marbled with green, slightly blushed or dotted 

 with pale crimson. Flesh, yellow, firm, very sweet and rich — a freestone. 

 Ripe from the middle to the last of August. 



LOMBARD 



appears only in the market list, with the recommendation to plant twenty 

 trees in one hundred. 



This is one of the recent American varieties. It was produced from seed by 

 Judge Pratt, of Whitesboro, N. Y., and was for some time known as Bleeker's 

 Scarlet ; but subsequently falling into the hands of a Mr. Lombard, of Spring- 

 field, Mass., it was by him brought to the notice of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, which, as a compliment to Mr. Lombard, and no doubt in 

 ignorance of its earlier christening, rebaptized it as Lombard. This being the 

 first published description of the variety, under pomological authority, this 

 latter name, by common consent, came to be recognized as the leading one. 



The tree is unusually hardy and vigorous, with bright purple, glossy shoots, 

 and with leaves curiously crimped. Fruit, medium, roundish oval, with an 

 obscure suture. Skin, violet red, paler in the shade, with a thin bloom. 

 Flesh, yellow, juicy, pleasant, not rich, adhering to the stone. Ripe the mid- 

 dle and last of August. 



CANADA EGG 



is recommended for planting in the market list, at the rate of twelve in one 

 hundred ; in the family list, ten in one hundred; and in the amateur list, ten 

 in one hundred. 



This plum is suspected to be an unrecognized old variety. It owes its repu- 

 tation, and, indeed, its place in the Society's lists, chiefly to its success upon 

 the grounds of the Messrs. Husted, of Lowell, Kent county, in this State, who 

 are said to have found it on the grounds of a Mr. Lewis, near their nurseries in 

 Lowell, he claiming to have obtained it from a nursery in Canada; hence the 

 name Canada Egg, — used, as we are given to understand, only as a means of 

 designating it pending its anticipated identification. The tree is understood 

 not to be a strong grower, but very productive. Its pseudonym is partially a 

 misnomer, as the fruit cannot properly be said to be ovate. Fruit of medium 

 size, possibly a little larger than Lombard ; a rich purple. Flesh, bright 

 yellov/, very juicy, and melting, parting from the stone. In season about with 

 Lombard, the middle and last of August. The description is given from 

 memory. 



