224 NEW AMERICAN ORCHARDIST. 



stone. A very handsome variety, and most excellent 

 bearer. A fruit of the very first rate. August. 



36. 'KNIGHTS' LARGE GREEN DRYING. 



Thompson. 



A new and very extraordinary fruit, originated by the 

 late Mr. Knight, former president of the London Hort. 

 Soc. A tree in the garden of that society first bore spe- 

 cimen fruit in 1838. Very large, round, green or yellow- 

 ish green ; as large as Bolmer's Washington, and much 

 higher flavored distinguished praise. Eminently val- 

 uable either for preserving, or as a delicious dessert fruit. 



87. LARGE SWEET DAMSON. 



HORSE PLUM. 



Large, roundish oval, of a dark blue color, covered with 

 bloom; the flesh firm, yellowish green, juicy, sweet, and 

 good ; it adheres to the stone. The tree is productive. 



38. LOMBARD. R. M. 



The fruit is large, round, and very beautiful ; of a pur- 

 ple color, with red dots on its surface; flesh good and 

 agreeable. Very valuable for its great beauty and pro- 

 ductiveness. The growth is strong, the branches smooth 

 and ramous. A new fruit, which was originated by Judge 

 Platt, of Whitesborough, New York, from a stone received 

 from Amsterdam. The tree was subsequently dissemina- 

 ted by a Mr. Lombard ; hence its name. 



39. *LUCOMBE'S NONSUCH. Pom. Mag. t. 99. 

 Lindley. 



This plum is large, and compressed at spmmit and base ; 

 its breadth two inches ; its color at maturity, as well as 

 form, resembles the Green Gage, but more streaked with 

 yellow or orange ; flesh firm, and adhering to the stone ; 

 juice abundant ; of excellent flavor, and nearly equal to 

 the Green Gage, and superior to the Orleans ; branches 

 smooth. A remarkably handsome and valuable new va- 

 riety. A sure and never-failing bearer, ripening in August. 



40. MONSIEUR. N. Duh. PI. CCXLII. 

 PRUNE DE MONSIEUR. Ib. 



A handsome fruit, depressed ; its diameter from fifteen 

 to twenty lines; violet red, covered with azure bloom; 

 the flesh green or yellowish, melting; juice sweet, some- 

 times very agreeable. It parts from the stone, and ripens 



