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reddish-black, quite large ; Elton, red and yellow, large ; 

 Knight's Early Black, quite large ; Coe's Transparent, 

 amber-colored and red, medium size ; Napoleon, pale yellow 

 and red, very large, flesh firm ; Windsor, reddish-brown, 

 large, with firm flesh. 



Plums. — Coe's Golden Drop, pale yellow, large ; Green 

 Gage, greenish, of good quality but small ; General Hand, 

 yellow, very large; Yellow Egg, a very fine variety; Brad- 

 shaw, very huge, dark violet-red, early ; Wild Goose, small 

 or medium, reddish, a useful wild species. Plums and 

 cherries may be grown for hedges enclosing the vegetable 

 garden or at regular intervals in a trimmed hedge. The 

 smaller growing kinds are especially useful for this purpose, 

 as the Wild Goose Plum and the acid cherries. They 

 thrive in a lighter soil than apples and pears, which do best 

 on rich ground. 



Peaelies. — Alexander, pale whitish-green suffused with 

 red, medium size ; Crawford's Early, rich yellow, very large ; 

 Princess of Wales, creamy white suffused with rose, large; 

 Snow, cream-colored, medium ; Waterloo, whitish-green suf- 

 fused witli rose and crimson on one side, rather large. 

 Peaches may be grown for avenues in the kitchen-gardens 

 for which purpose they are better adapted than any other 

 tree. The surface soil should be kept free and open. 



Apricots. — Early Golden, orange-colored, small size ; 

 Breda, orange suffused with red, small ; Moorpark, yellow 

 and red, large ; St. Ambrose, large and beautiful. Apricots 

 are best grown on a south wall. They should be protected 

 from the sun's rays in spring. 



Grcqjts. — Clinton, black, rather small; Concord, bluish- 



