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"bearer, but bears every year and comes into bearing early ; tart, strong fruity flavour, 

 good. 



Another seedlin!:(, green, nearly the form and size of Green Gage; prolific, free stone, 

 flavour rich with slight tart taste, desirable for preserving, good to very good. This one 

 is said to come true from seed. 



Mr. W. 0. Searle, of Clinton, has a blue seedling, small, inclined to be dry, acid ; 

 large cropper, of the Damson family, suitable for preserving. 



Hudson Gaga, esteemed at Kingston for preserving; tree bears well and regularly, and 

 the fruit always commands the top price in market. 



Imperial Ottoman. — Mr. Noah Sunley, of Guelph, who has experimented so much 

 with plums, would plant this variety for profit. It is hardy, a prolific bearer, ripens 

 about first of August, fruit medium size, light green, covered with light bloom, tree an 

 erect grower, fruit has a suture on one side from the stalk half way down. 



Monroe Egg, esteemed by Mr. Sunley for canning, tree hardy and a good grower, 

 good bearer, fruit medium size, yellow, ripens about 20th Sept. 



Prince of Wales, a purple plum, of medium quality and generally a very light cropper, 

 tree rather slow grower. 



Belgian Purple, Mr. Sunley says is a better cropper than Lombard and more gener- 

 ally hardy, as fine fruit aiid it bears young ; short jointed wood, and is not as liable to 

 black knot as many other varieties. 



Marquis of Granshy is a first quality plum, bears large crops, light purple in colour, 

 with red cheek. 



Brahy's Green Gage is a large late green plum of first quality, medium bearer, and 

 considered one of the best dessert plums in the city market. 



The last named three varieties have been fruited at Guelph with the results as 

 noted. 



Autumn Gage, tree strong grower, spreading top, fruit medium size, yellow, covered 

 with white bloom. Promises well at Guelph and in Essex and Huron. 



Kirke's, a medium grower, hardy, fruit medium size, dark purple, dotted with 

 yellow, covered with a heavy blue bloom, ripe about first September. Promises well in 

 Guelph and Huron. 



Black Diamond is grown at Guelph and near Windsor, and is said to be a good 

 grower and hardy. Only a cooker. 



Prince Englebert, tree a fine healthy, rapid grower, and a great bearer ; deep purple 

 fruit covered with brown dots, quality good, a very good preserving plum and valuable 

 for dessert. It is grown and fruited regularly near Goderich, and being introduced at 

 Guelph and around Hamilton and Brantford. 



Pershore is being grown at Guelph and will be fruited next season likely. It grows 

 well and promises fairly well. 



Penobscot, reported from Glengarry as a strong, hardy grower and regular bearer, 

 fruit large yellow with slight colouring in cheek, a good market variety, ripens about first 

 September. 



Glass's Seedling is reported from nearly all sections as a good grower and hardy, but 

 in some sections it has not proved a heavy cropper. In the Guelph district it has not 

 given a large crop yet. Nearly all unite in saying that it is a desirable variety. At 

 Ottawa it blossomed two years; the first year it proved abortive, but the past season it 

 gave a fair crop of fine fruit. One grower had finer specimens than he had seen any- 

 where in Ontario. The tree stands the climate well, and if the fruit spurs are able to 

 resist the cold it will be an acquisition of the first importance in this section. One grower 

 thinks so highly of it that he will largely propagate from it. In Huron it is one of the 

 best in general good points. 



