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was almost lost, and existed in many col- 

 lections merely by name. Eight or ten 

 years ago, we succeeded in obtaining a tree 

 of it in Philadelphia, after a long search in 

 gardens elsewhere. We fruited it, satisfied 

 ourselves of its high merit, and have since 

 had the pleasure of distributing many trees 

 of this variety. 



Fig. 46. Huling's Superb Plum. 



Huling's Superb is one of the most striking 

 and remarkable plums. When fully grown, 

 it is of the largest size, measuring six inches 

 in circumference. The tree is very distinct 

 and remarkable in its growth — the leaves 

 being very broad and large, and the shoots 

 peculiarly stout and blunt, and with a large 

 shoulder (or swelling) behind each bud. 

 The growth is thrifty, and the young 

 branches downy. 



The description in our work on fruit trees 

 not being complete of this variety, we here 

 subjoin another, drawn up with the fruit be- 

 fore us.* 



* It is quite delightful to correct ourself one of the errors, 

 which the ardent pomologists of the new school have not yet 

 been able, with all their industry, to detect in our Ftmxu and 



Fruit very large, roundish oval, with a 

 distinct though shallow suture. Stalk strong 

 and stout, about an inch long, swollen at 

 its junction with the tree; set in a round 

 small cavity. Skin rather dull greenish- 

 yellow, thinly covered with pale bloom. 

 Flesh greenish-yellow not very fine grained, 

 but with a rich, brisk, sprightly flavor, less 

 sweet, but higher flavored than the Wash- 

 ington : it adheres to the stone. It ripens at 

 the middle of August, and is an excellent 

 bearer. 



Huling's Superb is not equal in flavor to 

 the Jefferson, ^ which has this season again 

 fully sustained its high character with us) ; 

 but it is altogether a noble fruit, and we 

 commend it especially to every grower of 

 the plum who has the good strong soil which 

 this fruit tree delights in. 



II. THE BLACK PRINCE STRAWBERRY 



This remarkably excellent variety has 

 been before noticed by us, and we now give 

 a portrait of the fruit as grown here the 

 past season. The Black Prince Strawberry 

 is not a new variety in England, though it 

 is yet very little known in America. It was 

 described in the Horticultural Transactions 

 and in Lindley's " Guide to the Orchard," 

 fifteen or more years ago, as a " very dark 

 violet fruit, with a solid flesh, rich and high 

 flavored." It is not now ranked as first rate 

 in the London Society's Catalogue ; but 

 this may perhaps arise from its not thriving 

 well in the neighborhood of London. Keene's 

 Seedling, which is still, almost unanimous- 



Fruit Trees of America. The Huling's Superb Plum is a cling- 

 stone. We had a fine crop of this fruit three or four years before 

 we prepared that work, but since that time wc found our 

 notes were not complete respecting this fruit. Both the 

 Prince'.' described it, but were silent on this head. AVc c\. 

 deavored to obtain some specimens in the summer of 19 1 J 

 without success, and wrote to three cultivators who had grown 

 it, but they could not settle the point. We therefore staled, 

 on our remembrance, that il was a freestone. Pomona forgive 

 U9 ! It shall be corrected in our next — the seventh — edition. 



