THE 



VOL. IX.] 



APRIL, 1886. 



[No. 4. 



THE SHIPPER'S PRIDE. 



give our readers an idea of the climate 

 in which it originated and the degree 

 of cold which it has there endured. 



The original tree is said never to 

 have failed to yield a good crop since it 

 began to bear, while in some seasons 

 the crop has been so heavy that it be- 

 came necessary to prop up the branches 

 to prevent them from breaking down 

 beneath the load of fruit. 



The plums are described as being of 

 large size, it being by no means un- 

 common to gather specimens measur- 

 ing two inches in diameter each way, 

 they being very nearly round. In 

 color they are of a very handsome dark 

 purple, as will be seen by reference to 

 the colored plate, for which we are in- 

 debted to the politeness of Mr. Ander- 

 son. The flesh adheres pai-tially to 

 the stone, is Arm in texture, yet juicy, 

 sweet and of good flavor. The fruit 

 keeps well, is an unusually good 

 shipper, whence the name, and is in 

 season from the first to the middle of 

 September. 



The Rural New Yorker says of it 

 that it is " a large, dark purple, oval 

 plum, fine, juicy and sweet." The 

 Gardner's Monthly says, " a large, 

 round, dark purple plum, of excellent 



We call the attention of our readers 

 to tliis new plum, because from what 

 we can learn concerning its claims to 

 the attention of fruit growers, it seems 

 to be remarkably suited to the needs of 

 those who are growing plums for mar- 

 ket. We are informed by Mr. H. S. 

 Anderson, of Union Springs, N.Y., a 

 gentleman in whose statements we 

 place the utmost confidence, that it 

 combines beauty of appearance, large 

 size, good flavor, sufficient firmness to 

 bear transportation well, and long- 

 keeping qualities, with great j)roduc- 

 tiveness. These are all important 

 points in a fruit for the market, but 

 especially size and beauty, for these 

 have much weight with the purchasing 

 public. 



This plum, we are told, originated 

 near the shores of Lake Ontario in the 

 north-western part of the State of New 

 York, and the tree is sufficiently hardy 

 to endure, without the slightest injury, 

 the severest cold of that region. We 

 must confess that this is not a very 

 definite statement as to the place of its 

 origin, seeing that the lake is more 

 than a hundred miles in length between 

 the Niagara River and Sacket's Har- 

 bor ; it may, however, be sufficient to 



