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green, deeply flushed and dotted with red, covered 

 with a beautiful white bloom, very heavy crop, habit 

 bushy, compact, vigorous, remarkably good dessert 

 plum, succeeding equally well as a wall tree, bush, or 

 standard, remarkably prolific." R.H.S., R. August 22. 



5. Jefferson (see before). 



6. If more are wanted M'Laughlin's Gage is " rather 

 large, pale yellow, flushed with red, a good cropper, 

 habit erect, compact, vigorous, one of the finest dessert 

 plums." R. August 17. 



7. Guthrie's Late Green, "very good cropper, habit 

 bushy, compact, vigorous, a most delicious dessert 

 plum." R. August 30. 



Nos. 2, 5 and 6 are splendid specimens of American 

 plums, No. 7 is Scotch, named after the late Mr Guthrie 

 of Dundee. 



The following are well known but not so good in 

 some respects : Bryanston Gage, Oullin's Golden Gage, 

 Golden Transparent. Coe's Golden Drop has been de- 

 scribed. Angelina Burdett is sometimes classed with 

 the gages. It is " dark red, shaded with purple, a good 

 cropper, habit bushy and compact, a delicious dessert 

 variety that hangs well in the trees for some time after 

 it is ripe." R. August 22. 



MARKET PLUMS 



If. a planter prefers to grow gages, he must protect 

 his trees from bullfinches and other birds. The former 

 often carry off the buds in winter, and ruin all hopes of 

 a crop. Such a plantation near a wood would usually 

 be a failure. If the trees are washed in early winter 

 with No. II. mixture, the buds will have some protec- 

 tion. Lime should be thrown over the branches on a 

 damp day. The gun in many cases must be at work 

 from dawn to dusk. The gardener must learn to dis- 



