PLUMS AT THE SOUTH. 



plum; since then the Sea plum and Prince's Yellow Gage have come into bearing, and we 

 now consider it as merely a good bearer of fair quality, not often affected with rot. Raised 

 by Mr. Caniack from a stone brought from Italy by R. II. Wilde. Ripe June 15th. 



4. Prince's Yellow Gage. — Received here under name of the Harvest Gage — ripe 

 June 15th. It proves with us one of the very best. The tree is very productive and the 

 fruit lasts a long time, ripening gradually for nearly a month. As it comes early in the 

 season, while good fruit is scarce, is pretty free from rot and lasts so long— bearing an 

 abundant crop of fruit of the best quality, sweet, juicy, and most agreeably flavored, I 

 think it may be considered the most desirable plum here cultivated at present. Will su- 

 percede Wilde's. 



5. Brevoort's Purple. — Ripe June 18th. Bore a fair crop of tolerably good plums, 

 but not as good as the next, which ripens at the same time. 



6. Italian Damase. — Ripe June 18th, a fortnight earlier than last year. Tree produc- 

 tive — fruit sweet and fine flavored, worthy of cultivation, not subject to rot. 



7. Washington. — June 20th begins to ripen. A large and handsome plum, and that 

 is all the good we can say of it. The tree does not bear very well, and the fruit is dry 

 and flavorless. This may be owing to the season, but, so far, upon the whole, it is not 

 worth raising. It is much inferior to the Horse plum in quality. 



8. Columbia. — Ripens June 20th. This magnificent plum can hardly be praised too 

 highly. It is large and beautiful — not much subject to rot, of excellent quality and suffi- 

 ciently productive. Tree hard3^ Should be in every garden. 



9. Duane's Purple. — June 25th begins to ripen. A large fine looking fruit, very pro- 

 ductive and fruit pretty good, with a pleasant acidity, quite juicy, somewhat subject to rot, 

 but worthy of cultivation. 



10. Knight's Large Green Drying. — Ripens last of June — bears pretty well and 

 not much subject to rot, but is too dry and lacks sweetness. It is a very insipid plum — 

 not worth cultivating. 



11. Bingham. — Ripe July 1st. One of the finest plums here grown, large, juicy, sweet, 

 and excellent. Tree a fine grower and bears well. Indispensable. 



12. Bleeker's Gage. — Ripe July 1st, twenty-five days earlier than last year. An ex- 

 cellent plum, but not quite so valuable as Prince's Yellow or the Imperial Gage; worth 

 cultivating. 



13. Elfret. — Ripe July 1st. You may be surprised to see the high opinion we have 

 of the Elfrey. In this section it is a plum of high merit. In this opinion all who raise it 

 here concur. Though the fruit is scarcely of medium size, this is more than compensated 

 by its abundant crops. The fruit of the Elfrey with us is far from being dry. It indeed 

 is almost as sweet and juicy as the Imperial Gage itself. Nothing but frost ever prevents 

 its bearing a full crop of delicious fruit. It is the best flavored blue plum we have, and 

 one of the best six varieties here cultivated. It rots a little, but there is always an abun- 

 dance of good fruit in spite of rot or curculio. Tree thrifty and hardy. Indispensa- 

 ble. 



14. Imperial Gage. — This is, to my taste, the most delicious plum here cultivated. 

 The Yellow Gage and Elfrey rank next in this respect. Though I have placed the Yellow 

 Gage as the first in all respects, it is from its season only. Ripe July 1st, and the fruit 

 so gradually matures, that it lasts about a month. Is not much affected with the curculio, 

 but rots considerably. Fruit very juicy and luscious, almost too sugary. A great bearer, 



fine hardy tree. Indispensable 



Horse Plum. — Ripe 1st of July. A hardy productive plum not much liable 



