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are the several varieties of the improved Chickasaw type, 

 as follows: 



CUMBERLAND. 



Large, yellow, juicy, sweet, and very good. Matures in 

 September. 



DE CARADUEC. 



Medium, round, yellow, with brown red cheek; juicy, 

 sweet, and of fine flavor; a remarkably fine plum. Ripens 

 early in June. 



WILD GOOSE. 



Large, somewhat oblong; bright vermilion red; juicy, 

 sweet, good quality ; a cling-stone ; a very showy and fine 

 market fruit, and a prolific bearer ; the most profitable of 

 all the Chickasaw type. 



HATTIE. 



Medium, round, bright red; very sweet and of good 

 quality. Follows the Wild Goose in maturity. 



NEWMAN'S. 



Medium, bright red, round ; a cling-stone ; quality good. 

 Ripens early in July. 



All of these plums named above should be picked as 

 soon as they commence to color, and ripened in the house, 

 where, in three days' time, they will acquire a brilliant 

 color. If left on the tree too long the fruit drops, and 

 never attains the quality of that which is house-ripened. 

 This gradual ripening allows these varieties to carry per- 

 fectly to distant markets. 



PEACH-LEAVED, OR KANAWHA. 



Medium, oblong, bright vermilion ; juicy, fine-flavored ; 

 quality very good. Ripens in September. Although it 

 begins to color in July it is not fit to use until it ripens 

 upon the tree, two months later. 



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