The Canadian Hortiailtnrist. 



this section and to Mr. Baron, of 

 Toronto, and none were able to name 

 it. Please name it if you can. You 

 will observe it has a peculiar ring 

 round the stem, which I have not 

 observed in any other plum. 



No. 2 is a seedling from Duane's 

 Purple. The tree is healthy and 

 appears to be a good bearer, this 

 being its second year. 



No. 3 is a seedling from Smith's 

 Orleans. I have been growing the 

 parent of this tree for a number of 

 years until it died of old age. The 

 tree has always been healthy, not 

 subject to black-knot or any disease. 

 The. foliage is very dense, the leaves 



No. 2 is a clingstone, with green- 

 ish flesh, and of rather poor quality, 

 and vmder medium size. 



are thick, dark, green and leathery. 

 I might also say the tree is an over- 

 abundant bearer. — R. Trotter, 

 Owen Sound, Sept. ^rd, 1889. 



These are all dark purple plums, 

 with blue bloom and moderately 

 tender flesh. 



No. I is a very fine dark colored 

 plum, obovate, with a broad shallow 

 suture half round ; stalk curved, sur- 

 rounded with a peculiar ring, very good 

 in quality. It much resembles Brad- 

 shaw, from which it may be a seedling. 



No. 2. 



No. 3 is a semi-cling, of yellowish 

 flesh and very good qualit}'. It is 

 above medium size, and should it 



prove, as it appears, an improvement 

 upon its parent, and an excellent 

 bearer, it should be better known. 



Nos. I and 3 appear to be worthy 

 of cultivation. 



