EDITOR'S TABLE. 



5. The Summer BeUflovier — Considered, in Center ceunty, a superior early baking apple, and 

 in season tl»e last of July and August — also entirely decayed when the box was opened. 



6. Tho Royal Sweet — A large " good" sweet apple, wliich is apt to fall from the tree. 



7. The Bush — A native apple on tlie farm of Curistian Dale, near Boalsburg, and found grow- 

 ing in the woods by hi* father. ]\Ir. Wauino says this variety is "an cxtellent bearer, and a 

 great favorite in an orcliard of choice sorts." Size two and tiirce-quarters by three inches; oblate, 

 inclining to conical ; groenish-ycHow, with many ru!?set dots near the crown, and occa-^ionally a 

 faint blush ; stem sevcn-eiglilhs of an inch by one-nintli, inserted in a deej), open, furrowed cavity ; 

 calyx very small, set in a deep, narrow, plaited basin ; seed brown, broad, short ; flavor jileasant ; 

 quality " very good." 



8. Early Yellow Prune — Said to have been obtained from Bedfoi'd county, many years ago^ 

 and is represented as being "a free grower, prodigious bearer, and not apt to rot." Size one and 

 tivc-eighths inches by one and one-quarter ; oval, pointed at each end ; stem five-eighths of an 

 inch long, by one-twentieth thick ; flesh free from the stone ; flavor delicious ; quality " very 

 good." 



9. Red Prune — Also introduced into Center county from Bedford. This A'ariety was sent on a 

 former occasion from Lancaster, under the name of Bottle Plum. Two inches long, by one and 

 one-eighth broad ; pyriform, with a long slender neck ; suture extending on one side from the 

 base to the apex ; pale red ; stem one inch long by one-sixteenth thick ; a handsome plum of 

 peculiar form and "good" quality, but said to be an iudifterent bearer. 



10. Imperial Gofje — Mr. Waring remarks of this variety, that "tlie tree is very free from leaf 

 blight, and the fruit from rot, hanging long, shriveling, and becoming very sugar}-." Specimens 

 fine ; quality " very good." 



11. A very large, late purple plum, resembling Puane's Purple, and said to be "a very excel- 

 lent grower, a full bearer, and not inclined to rot ;" very large, two inches long by one and 

 thirteen-sixteenths broad ; oblong ; purple ; stem three-quarters of an inch long by onc-twelflh 

 thick ; flesh free from the stone. Specimens not suflliciently ripe to test their quality. 



12. The Galbraith — An early plum, said to have originated with the late Mr. Galbraith, near 

 Boalsburg, and is represented as being a straggling grower, but the best early plum cultivated in 

 that vicinity. An inch and a half long by one and five-sixteenths broad ; oval ; purple ; stem 

 five-eights of an inch by one-fourteenth; flesh tender, juicy, adherent to the stone; flavor 

 luscious ; quality " very good," if not " best." 



13. Prune Damson Plum — One and a half inches long, one and three-sixteenths wide, one and 

 one-sixteenth thick ; flattened oval ; blue ; stem one and a half inches long by one-eighteenth 

 thick ; flesh rather dry, entirely free from the stone ; flavor agreeable ; quality "good." 



14. Coe's Golden Drop — Received from England for the Maguum Bonum ; specimens large and 

 fair, but not mature. 



15. A variety cultivated in the neighborhood of Boalsburg, as the Peach plum, from which it 

 differs in several particulars. Large, one and three-quarters inches by one and nine-sixteenths ; 

 oblong ; salmon colored ; stem three-eights of an inch by one-fourteenth ; stone adherent, long- 

 obovate, one and one-sixteenth inches long, five-eighths wide, and seven-sixteenths thick; of 

 pleasant flavor; quality between "good" and "very good." 



