EA.KLY PLUMS. 



flavor when fully ripe ; it separates freely from 

 the stone. Stone nearly round, verj^ fiat, and 

 much furrowed. Ripe fi-om tlie 20th to the 

 last of July, It is certainly the largest early 

 Plum, and is well worthy of cultivation. A 

 moderate bearer." 



Bradsiiaw. — This is a very large and 

 beautiful Plum ; a free, vigorous grower, and 

 a most prolific bearer. Highly valuable. 

 We received it from Wm. Kenrick, in 1839, 

 under the name of Large Black Imperial ; 

 but it has been described in Ilovey's Maga- 

 zine as Bradshaw, and we have adopted that 

 name in our catalogues. It is of foreign 

 origin. 



Fruit — very large, nearly or quite equal 

 to the Yellow Egg^ 

 or Magnum Bonum. 

 Form — oval-obovate 



BRADSHAW. ^J^}^ ^ sHght SUtUfC 



on one side only. Color — dark violet-red, with an azure bloom. 

 Stalk — half to three-fourths of an inch long. Flesh — yellow- 

 ish-green, a little coarse, but juicy and sweet; adheres to the 

 stone. Tree — remarkably vigorous, erect, and regular in 

 growth, equalling the Smith'' s Orleans. Shoots — smooth, 

 reddish. Buds — short and pointed. Foliage — large, glossy, 

 serrated, and wavy at the edges. Ripe middle of August — 

 immediately succeeding the Peach Plum. We described this 

 variety three or four years ago, in the Genesee Farmer. 



Jaune Hative. Early Yellow. — This is the earliest Plum 

 in our collection. It is not very popular, on account of its small size ; but among a 

 collection of a dozen sorts, we regard it as worthy of a place. Fruit — small, obovate, 

 largest at the apex, with a shallow suture on one side. 

 Stalk — quarter to half an inch long, slender. Skin — 

 pale yellow, covered with a pretty thick whitish bloom. 

 Flesh — pale-yellow, juicy, sweet, not high-flavored, but 

 pleasant ; parts freely from tlie stone, which is long 

 and naiTOw. Tree — a good, erect grower, with gray, 

 woolly shoots. Leaves — small, oval. Bears young and 

 abundantly. Ripe here 1st of August; in some sea- 

 sons, latter end of July ; last season, about the 25th of 

 July. Th^ Frecoce de Bergthold is said to be as early, 

 and better. We have not yet fruited it. 



Royal de Tours. — This is a handsome and excellent 

 early variety, of French origin. Fruit — medium size, 

 roundish, with a well-marked suture, and one side royal db tours. 



JAUNE HATIVE. 



