Pears few and far between. The habit of tliis seedling Crassane is very vigorous and 

 healthy. It grows well on the Quince stock, and seems inclined to bear well as a 

 pyramid or bush, and also well deserves a south-east or east wall. 



PLUMS 



Belle dc Septemhre. — This proves to be a useful variety. It is large, oval, of a bright 

 red color. In England it does not ripen till the middle of October, and is a very hardv, 

 excellent kitchen fruit. 



Cloth of Gold (Esperen) proved this season of excellent quality from a southeast wall. 

 Shape — roundish-oval. Color — bright golden-yellow. Size — as large as the Wash- 

 iiv/fon, or larger, and very juicy and rich. It ripened just before Coe's Golden Dro]). 



Diamond. — This large and magnificent Plum can not be too highly recommended 

 for preser\nng or kitchen use ; its agreeable acid is never killed ; and it is quite equal 

 if not superior to the W'mesour of Yorkshire, and, like that well-known variety, it is a 

 most disagreeable Plum to eat. 



Frost Gage. — This should be called the American Damson^ as it is a Damson in 

 eveiy respect, and tlie best of all. Its fruit is round, or very slightly inclined to oval ; 

 of a deep purple ; will hang on the tree even to the end of October, and is always 

 brisk in its flavor, juicy, and agreeable. It bears most profusely either as a standard 

 or p\Tamid. 



Prince Englebert. — This is a Plum from Belgium, of the same race as the Diamond. 

 V is of the same deep purple color, but in a tart it is more sugary. It fonns a hand- 

 some pyramid, and bears abundantly. It ripens about a week before the Diamond. 



KASPBEEEIES. 



The Black Raspberry proves to be a most distinct and useful variety, its brisk acid 

 serves so well to correct the cloying sweetness of jam made of the common sorts. 



The Belle de Fontenay is a dwarf-growing variety, with large and deep green leaves. 

 Bears large fruit all the autumn, of good flavor, but requires a warm soil and exposure. 



The Merveille de Quartre Saisons is, of all the autumnal Raspberries, the most 

 abundant bearer ; its spikes of fruit are often two feet long, and produced till the end 

 of October. 



The Merveille de Quartre Saisons with yellow fruit is a new variety raised from the 

 above. It bears abundantly in the autumn, and its fruit is sweet and well flavored. 



STEAWBEEEIES. 



New varieties of this favorite fruit are by far too numerous, both on the Continent 

 and in England. With many of them, their name is the only distinguishing character- 

 istic. The following are French and Belgian Strawberries : 



1. Belle de Palnaii. 7. Due de Brabant, 13. Lorio. 



2. Comtesee de Marne. 8. Ferdinand. 14. Marquise dc Latouv Mauboiu-g 



3. Comtesse Zamoisky. 9. Honneur de la Belgique. 15. lileneUle. 



4. Comte de Flandre. 10. La Reine. 16. Merveille de Flandro. 



5. Cremont. 11. Leopold. 17. Reine dee Belgoa. 



6. Ducliesse de Trevise. 12. Louise Marie (Lorio). 18. Triomphe de Gaad. 

 19. Triomphe de Liege. 20. Vicomtcsse Herioart de Thury. 



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