532 PLUMS. 



CHAPTER XXVIf. 



PLUMS. 



Are natives of the United States ; in many parts of 

 which they are found in great abundance, in numerous 

 varieties of colour, form and size, many of them of good 

 flavour. The kinds cultivated in our gardens, have 

 chiefly heen brought from Europe, or produced from 

 the stones of imported plums ; of these I have selected 

 the following kinds, which comprize a succession for 

 a private garden. 



1. CHERRY PLUM, OR MIROBALAN. 



Is the earliest of our plums it blooms so early in 

 the season, that the blossoms are generally destroyed 

 by the spring frosts : they are very unproductive of 

 fruit from this cause, but are cultivated for the beauty 

 of the form and foliage. The fruit is email, very round 



