176 THE FRUIT GARDEN. 



PLUMS. 



1. Green Gage. — The best, the most generally 

 known, and most highly esteemed of the plum kind. 

 It is round, small, and greenish ; but, when highly 

 ripened on a wall, becomes brownish next the sun. 

 It is a good bearer when well managed, and re- 

 quires both a good soil and climate. In Scotland, 

 it requires the aid of a wall in the full sun, in order 

 to have it in perfection. 



2. Yelloxo Gage. — Very much the same as the 

 preceding, only of a lighter, or more yellow colour, 

 and russet towards the sun. I have only known two 

 trees of it in Scotland, in a full bearing state ; the 

 one on a south, and the other on a south-west wall; 

 which uniformly produced large crops of fruit, in 

 high perfection. They were not in the samxC gar- 

 den, though in the same county, (Fife) ; and both 

 grew in strong soil ; the one a rider, and the other 

 a dwarf-tree. 



3. Blue Gage. — Inferior to either of the above, in 

 every respect; yet a good plum, and a good bearer. 



4. Fotheringham. — This is a beautiful fruit, red, 

 large, and rather longish. It is very high -flavoured, 

 a good bearer, and hardly inferior to any plum we 

 iiave. 



5. La Roj/alc. — This is an excellent, high-flavour- 

 ed fruit; round, dark-red, and pretty large. It de- 

 serves a good soil, a good climate, and a good wall. 

 It is not, however, a very great bearer. 



G. White Magnum Bonmn. — Egg-sized, and egg- 

 shaped ; the largest plum we have, and by no 

 means the worst. When well ripened, on a good 



