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description of the fruit alone would lead us to believe it to be the Duane^s Purple of Ame 

 rican nurseries. The branches of this tree, 

 hoM'ever, are gra}', and the young shoots 

 very downy. M. Despoktes says gray 

 but smooth. Still we incline to the opin- 

 ion that it is Duane's Purple. An impor- 

 tation of the tree will settle the question 

 speedily. Ed.] 



2. Plum de l'Inde. — "We received 

 some years ago, under the above name, 

 the plum of which the description follows : 

 Tree vigorous, with long upright branch- 

 es; wood smooth, gray dusted; leaves 

 roundish, sometimes lanceolated; thick 

 nerved, having two glands at the base; 

 petiole three-fourths of an inch long. — 

 Fruit large, obovate, larger about one- 

 third of the length, uneven; color violet 

 redish, dotted with some broad gray and 

 coarse spots; dusted with small gray and 

 blue dots, principally about the eye; co- 

 vered with very nice blue bloom; suture 

 shallow; skin thick; flesh yellow redish, 

 firm, juicy, melting, sweet, rather adher- 

 ing to the stone. This very handsome 



Plum de VInde. 



plum is a good second rate one, and well deserves an extensive cultivation. It resembles 

 very much our English Pond's Seedling, but it differs from it by its being rounder, and 

 ripening fifteen days later, that is to say, about 15th September; it is also more red. 



Baptiste Desportes. 



Angers, (France,) Sept., 1851. 



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BY W. R. COPPOCK, BUFFALO. 



In a former number of the Horticulturist, T detailed some experiments in progress for 

 rejuvenating an orchard of old apple trees, by trenching, special manuring, and cleansing 

 the bark by scraping, washing, &c. &c., (vide Horticulturist for March last.) Another 

 season's growth has passed, and the results having become so apparent and decisive, I 

 hasten to notice them, for the benefit of others similarly possessed. 



These trees are from twenty to twenty- five years old, originally forming a part of a 

 large orchard, now merely divided by a division fence, the general aspect and condition 

 of all being alike. They have now had two season's growth since my applications began, 

 and marvellous are the results. 



Not deeming in the onset, the fruit in its varieties, of the least possible value, being ex- 

 tremely small, knotty and bitter, at the same time unrecognisable, and aiming only to 

 make the trees available, I grafted each season, about one-third of the top with choice kinds. 



